Defra’s new Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) will not help farmers prepare for the Environmental Land Management (ELM) scheme, a coalition of green groups has warned.
The NFU has said it ‘does not recognise’ claims made by activists who declared they have hacked a badger cull website and changed sensitive records.
The House of Lords has voted to ban low-standard food imports under any future trade deals with a majority of 95.
Deputy Head Dave Clark was described as the ‘heart and soul’ of Richmond School
Lower production has supported prices in 2020
The NFU has set out proposals for how the new Environmental Land Management (ELM) scheme should work, after industry raised concerns about Defra’s ‘lacklustre’ plans.
Arable farmers have been urged to consider baling their thicker fields as straw prices rise on the back of lower yields this season.
It is that time of year again when there is intense tension between the agricultural community desperate to reduce bovine TB and those that seek to protect badgers.
Defra Secretary George Eustice has rejected calls from farming groups and MPs to put the Trade and Agriculture Commission on a statutory footing.
It is two years since the University of Nottingham’s 240-cow herd moved into the £6million Centre for Dairy Excellence. So what impact has the new facility has already had on cow performance?