Sustainable Farming

With Italian farmers looking to utilise biogas to reduce greenhouse gas emissions on farm, Strutt and Parker’s Oliver Harwood takes a look at what the UK can learn from Italy.

A 90 per cent rate calved within six weeks is currently being achieved by a Leicestershire-based farming couple who started out as new entrants in the late 1990s. Wendy Short reports.

England has seen the driest start to the year since 1976 with further dry weather forecast in August, according to the Met Office.

A Leicestershire farm which generates 85% of its power requirements from a wind turbine has recently been announced as winner of a sustainability award. Jonathan Wheeler reports.

Defra has launched a £12.5 million competition to help accelerate the development of technologies to create new sources of resource efficient, low-emission proteins.

Regenerative farmers think differently, says Gabe Brown – and their minds, farms, and pockets, are often happier for it. He talks to Jez Fredenburgh about the importance of mindset.  

When fifth generation grower, James Smith, of Loddington Farm in Kent lost his love for the land, it was adapting to a regenerative farming model that brought the entire business back to life. Alice Dyer reports.

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

Blistering temperatures across the country this week have led a farm animal welfare charity and a water company to dish out unsolicited advice to farmers and growers.

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.