Environment

The petitioners have called for the Government to ban the erection of solar panels on land which could be used to grow food and fibre or plant trees

NFU president Minette Batters has slammed the Government’s move to push through ‘last minute’ legislation on the legal protection of beavers before the summer recess, branding it ‘unacceptable’.

A moorland wildfire has released carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions equivalent to the annual carbon footprint of a small town of 4,000 people, a new report has found.

Environmental targets enshrined in law will remain at the forefront of future agricultural policy regardless of who ends up in Number 10, according to a top Defra civil servant.

A farmer in Somerset has been ordered to pay more than £25,000 after pleading guilty to polluting the River Frome.

Farmers and landowners can utilise the Forestry Commission’s ‘flexible’ England Woodland Creation Offer (EWCO) to produce a woodland which meets their own objectives.

The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Efra) Committee has said farmers should feel reassured after the Government announced its support for the committee’s recent tree planting report.

Running a bath can have a higher carbon footprint than eating 4oz of British beef, the author of a new book has said.

A third generation Yorkshire tenant farmer is battling to save his business after an energy firm announced plans to install a solar panel farm on the site.

Farming more sustainability must be profitable and not come at the expense of food production.