Sustainable Farming

Reports of soaring energy price rises of almost £1,000 a month have prompted calls for the Government to act as farming businesses feel the pinch.

Dairy producers have already made great strides in reducing methane, but with a pledge to reduce emissions of the gas by 30% in the next eight years, the race is on to find more reductions. Cedric Porter reports.

Lack of consultation over a Government-funded peatland restoration project on Dartmoor, Devon, has led to a breakdown in trust between moorland users and officials and damaged a culturally important heritage site.

Plans for a Clean Air Zone in north west England, which would fine vehicles for failing to meet emissions standards, have been branded ’another nail in the coffin’ for farmers and agricultural businesses.

Arla Foods plan to double their emission reductions by 2030, to help keep global warming at 1.5°C in line with Paris Agreement.

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.