Livestock

Farmers must checkwastemanagement processes or face enforcement action, the Environment Agency (EA) has said.

A new report published today by the Future British Standards Coalition (FBSC) warns the Government has already watered down protections, scrutiny and accountability around food standards.

As the weather turned wet in early October, the 2020 maize harvest could be described as a tale of two halves.

2020 has been a challenging year for farmers, but with the end of the transition period, changes to direct payments and new trade deals on the horizon, 2021 may bring further hardship, says Conservative peer Anne McIntosh.

Brexit will create winners and losers in farming, but the direction of travel makes me fear there will be more losers than winners, says Oliver Dowding, an apple grower in South East Somerset.

Farmers will benefit from three income streams in future - primary food, public goods and carbon trading - and should not delay in embarking on their sustainability journey. 

Industry leaders have warned farmers will face ‘major financial hardship’ during the transition away from direct payments, with Defra planning to maintain the income foregone payment model for the foreseeable future.

A GCSE in natural history has been branded a ‘great opportunity’ to reconnect farming and children by the NFU.  

Nineteen Nuffield Farming Scholars took to the virtual stage to share the findings of their weeks of global travel and research. Hannah Binns finds out more.  

Ancillary rural businesses and communities which hinge on farming in Wales’ uplands face significant threats from a bad trade deal or if farm profitability takes a hit.