Environment

Reports of soaring energy price rises of almost £1,000 a month have prompted calls for the Government to act as farming businesses feel the pinch.

Lack of consultation over a Government-funded peatland restoration project on Dartmoor, Devon, has led to a breakdown in trust between moorland users and officials and damaged a culturally important heritage site.

Farmers Guardian and scores of others across the agriculture sector have long argued that the greening of support payments poses an inherent threat to food security in this country. 

The Environment Agencys chief executive has been accused of misleading MPs on the effective ban on autumn muckspreading, which was introduced to improve water quality.

The Environment Agency’s chief executive has been accused of ‘misleading’ MPs on the effective ban on autumn muckspreading, which was introduced to improve water quality.

A glance at the Farmers Guardian website’s ‘most read’ section provided an interesting snapshot of what was capturing the attention of readers this week.

Farmers have hit out at Ed Sheeran’s plan to buy up as much UK land as possible for tree planting.