Environment

Farming Minister Mark Spencer has batted away concerns that the increased Environmental Land Management (ELM) scheme payments announced this morning (January 5) are ‘too little, too late’.

On-farm renewable energy projects are being severely hampered by an inability to secure grid connections and planning permission.

The energy crisis has sparked greater interest in renewables projects as farmers look for opportunities to slash their own bills or to diversify into producing energy for the National Grid.

A conservationist has warned that adopting a land sparing approach to food production would lead to ecological apartheid.

A conservationist has warned that adopting a ‘land sparing’ approach to food production would lead to ‘ecological apartheid’.

The Government has set out a raft of legally binding targets, including a 40 per cent reduction in on-farm nitrogen and phosphorus pollutants and a 16.5 per cent increase in woodland cover, to help boost the natural environment.

Does farming green mean farming in the red or black? From yields, to working capital and profitability, Jez Fredenburgh takes a look.

The NFU is backing a group of poultry farmers who are taking their fight for avian influenza (AI) compensation to court.

Welsh farming unions and rural groups have come together to condemn plans by Natural Resources Wales (NRW) to dramatically increase the cost of on-farm permits.

Tress planted outside woodlands could be worth as much as £3.8 billion, a new Government study has claimed.