Politics

Oxfam has warned the explosion in net zero commitments from Governments and corporations will fuel a surge in demand for land, leading to mass displacement and hunger.

Oxfam has warned the ‘explosion’ in net zero commitments from Governments and corporations will fuel a surge in demand for land, leading to ‘mass displacement and hunger’.

Put in layman’s terms, an agricultural common is an area of land which has an owner, usually described as The Lord of the Manor, who doesn’t farm it but  allows another farmer to graze it if they have either bought the right to graze it when they bought his/her farm, or else pays for the right via the tenancy of the farm he/she farms.

The Energy Minister who signed the net zero by 2050 target into law has questioned whether the approach is the right one.

An organic dairy farmer from Flintshire has warned increasing numbers of badgers are putting lapwings on his land at risk.

Leading scientists from across the world have warned the current methodology for recording methane emissions from livestock is distorting our understanding of climate change.

Leading scientists from across the world have warned the current methodology for recording methane emissions from livestock is distorting our understanding of climate change.

The Tenant Farmers Association has warned landlords are pursuing rent rises more fervently this year to cushion the blow of upcoming Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) cuts.

A push to plant trees across Scotland has driven marginal grazing land prices up, with a knock-on effect on better land.

A dairy farmer has said it ‘beggars belief’ that the media have launched a campaign to save a single bTB-positive alpaca while ignoring the 160,000 cattle which have been destroyed during the 4-year fight to keep him alive.