Environment

Meat and dairy could be targeted as Gov renews pledge to cut emissions

Environment

Meat and dairy could be targeted as Gov renews pledge to cut emissions

Energy Secretary says move to clean energy will help protect UK from future food and fuel shocks

clock 03 June 2026 • 2 min read
Letters: "Reaching for glyphosate out of habit is no more defensible than prescribing penicillin for a sniffle"

Environment

Letters: "Reaching for glyphosate out of habit is no more defensible than prescribing penicillin for a sniffle"

Farmers Guardian reader Gillon Dobie, from Berwickshire, adds to the ongoing debate on glyphosate usage

clock 02 June 2026 • 1 min read
Devon farm partnership fined almost £20k for repeat slurry pollution incidents

Environment

Devon farm partnership fined almost £20k for repeat slurry pollution incidents

The Environment Agency said the farmer 'failed to learn his lesson despite multiple prosecutions and warnings'

clock 02 June 2026 • 3 min read
Locally sourced 'wool logs' help peatland restoration in Antrim hills

Environment

Locally sourced 'wool logs' help peatland restoration in Antrim hills

The Ulster farmers Union (UFU) and Ulster Wildlife collaborate on an innovative wool restoration trial on Slievenanee Mountain

clock 01 June 2026 • 3 min read
Cutting methane could slow recovery of ozone layer, new research finds

Environment

Cutting methane could slow recovery of ozone layer, new research finds

Although cutting methane makes two other groups of gases more effective at destroying ozone, lead author says it is ‘not the wrong thing to do’

clock 30 May 2026 • 2 min read
Fire service teams up with farmers and land managers to prevent major wildfire escalation in Pentland Hills

Environment

Fire service teams up with farmers and land managers to prevent major wildfire escalation in Pentland Hills

The communities were thanked by SFRS for their knowledge, equipment and commitment which proved invaluable in helping bring the fire under control so quickly

clock 29 May 2026 • 4 min read
AI birdsong technology helps measure biodiversity on Pilgrim's farms

Environment

AI birdsong technology helps measure biodiversity on Pilgrim's farms

Pilgrim’s Europe has completed a large-scale on-farm biodiversity monitoring trial across 40 farms

clock 29 May 2026 • 2 min read
Sir Tony Blair tells Gov to 'tear up' net zero plans

Politics

Sir Tony Blair tells Gov to 'tear up' net zero plans

Is it time to halt net zero plans once and for all?

clock 28 May 2026 • 4 min read
Peatland restoration helps save Welsh farm from wildfire

Environment

Peatland restoration helps save Welsh farm from wildfire

A farmer has spoken out on watching the land she calls home ‘burn’ and the restored peatland that helped save it.

clock 27 May 2026 • 4 min read
Cornwall's new nature reserve aims to benefit business, farming and wildlife

Environment

Cornwall's new nature reserve aims to benefit business, farming and wildlife

More than 1,000 hectares of mid-Cornwall moors make up 14th site in the King’s Series of National Nature Reserves

clock 27 May 2026 • 2 min read