Environment

Having taken over the farm tenancy taken on by his father in 1966, Bruce Mackie farms some 30 miles north of Aberdeen, where he milks 250 cows through four Lely robots on an organic system and produces yoghurt on the farm under the Rora Dairy brand.

A group of Devon-based farmers have been praised for helping to preserve one of the county’s most historic waterways.

British retailers are being urged to help create a market for home-grown protein crops to help reduce livestock farmers’ reliance on harmful soya imports.

Farmers are working hard to improve rivers faster than water companies with much bigger profits, according to the Liberal Democrats.

Farmers producing electricity have been urged to apply for funding to meet new regulations coming in on September 1.

The five-year Farm Net Zero project aims to investigate the contribution agriculture can make to achieve the net zero target. Rebecca Jordan visits one of the farms taking part.

NFU Cymru has been left ‘incredibly disappointed’ after a judicial review of the Welsh Government’s decision to introduce new water quality regulations was dismissed by the High Court today.

British Farming Awards reaches landmark milestone

Defra must rethink its Environmental Land Management scheme (ELMs) otherwise risk its unintended effects rippling through the industry for generations to come – a view held by Neil Shand of the National Beef Association.