Sustainable Farming

Reseeding is a reliable way of increasing productivity and quality of grassland leys, but several factors should be considered before taking action. Hannah Noble reports.

Gene editing and bovine TB were hot topics at the Farmers Union of Wales’ Senedd manifesto launch. Abi Kay reports.

Farm groups in England and Wales have called on their Governments to carry out investigations after water companies were caught illegally dumping sewage in rivers.

New Scottish Government proposals for reducing emissions from slurry and silage stores have been met with a severe rebuke from NFU Scotland, with the union branding them ‘blunt and ill thought out’.

Ulster Farmers’ Union president Victor Chestnutt has warned against ’bad legislation’ which could wipe out half of Northern Ireland’s livestock farmers to meet a legislative climate change target without any scientific basis.

NBA, AHDB, QMS and HCC have voiced their outrage at Blue Peter’s Green Badge criteria which encourages children aged six to 15 to reduce meat consumption among other measures to become a ’Supersized Climate Hero’.

Wildlife groups have urged the Government to introduce a legally binding target to halt the decline of habitats and species by 2030 at the latest.

Wildlife groups have urged the Government to introduce a legally binding target to halt the decline of habitats and species by 2030 at the latest.

Farmers have already started planting young saplings as part of the National Trust’s commitment to establishing 20 million new trees by 2030.

First Milk has become the latest processor to announce ambitious sustainability plans, pledging to be net zero by 2040.