Environment

Industry bodies have warned the latest delay to the flagship Environment Bill is hugely unhelpful for farmers.

UK growers of oilseed rape must focus on their sustainability credentials, with the ban on neonicotinoids here to stay, NFU combinable crops board chairman Matt Culley has said.

As the industry faces pressure to meet net zero emission by 2040, innovator Jo Bamford discusses the possibilities of alternative fuels in agriculture. Ewan Pate reports.

Farmers needed to find the ‘sweet spot’ of a business which was profitable and beneficial to nature to have a business viable for the future.

Five years of fundraising enabled The Countryside Restoration Trust to purchase Bere Marsh Farm, set to be a site to showcase its history, farming and conservation interests. Clemmie Gleeson finds out more.

Natural Resources Wales (NRW) has found no direct link between poultry units and high phosphate levels in the River Wye.

For farmers it’s a novelty to have your hometown in the news. Even rarer to see bits of your farm in the papers.

With direct payments on their way out, farmers should consider rewilding on marginal land to boost the income they make from food production, says Dr Stephanie Wray, director of RSK Wilding.

Ll?r Gruffydd MS, Shadow Minister for the Environment, explores the benefits of a whole system approach to food policy.

A farmer has defended his decision to dredge a section of a river after a strong backlash from environmentalists.