Farm Life

With a view to farm in their own right, Guy and Emily French found a market in the pick-your-own sector. Emily Scaife finds out more.

In the fourth and final piece of our series looking at how English farmers across all sectors are coping with the phase out of the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS), Abi Kay talks to Tom and Joe Bramall about life without direct

It is now a whole year since we launched the #BiteintoBritish campaign.

Meat chiefs have reacted with anger after the National Food Crime Unit (NFCU) refused to investigate adulteration of poultry feed in Poland.

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

In the third of our series looking at how English farmers across all sectors are coping with the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) phasing out, Emma Penny talks to Cheshire arable farmer Robert Cross.

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

In the second of a series looking at how English farmers are coping with the phase out of the Basic Payment Scheme, Emma Penny talks to Cumbrian beef producers David and Maggie Kelly.

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.

Environmental specialists at SAC Consulting, part of Scotland’s Rural College, are using drone-mounted light detection and ranging sensors to estimate above-ground carbon storage in hedges and trees.