Sustainable Farming

Farmers will absolutely not be penalised for early adoption of environmental schemes in the transition between old to new, Defra Minister Victoria Prentis has said. 

Farmers Guardian and scores of others across the agriculture sector have long argued that the greening of support payments poses an inherent threat to food security in this country. 

A glance at the Farmers Guardian website’s ‘most read’ section provided an interesting snapshot of what was capturing the attention of readers this week.

Northern Irelands Agriculture Minister, Edwin Poots, has warned the UK could be walking into a food crisis.

Northern Ireland’s Agriculture Minister, Edwin Poots, has warned the UK could be ‘walking into a food crisis’.

Farmers have hit out at Ed Sheeran’s plan to buy up as much UK land as possible for tree planting.

Retailer Marks and Spencer (M&S) has come under fire for ‘misleading’ consumers about the carbon credentials of meat in a social media ad.  

Farmers have hit out at Ed Sheerans plan to buy up as much UK land as possible for tree planting.

As 2021 draws to an end, Hannah Binns takes a look back at key industry and political developments which made the farming headlines this year.

NFU Scotland has decided to challenge findings published in Lancet, the influential medical journal.