Sustainable Farming

Farmers are sharing images and videos of flooded land on social media after Storm Dennis battered the UK this weekend.

Dozens of farmers in Cumbria are facing days without water after a major supply pipe burst during Storm Ciara.

The NFU has said leaving the EU provides England with an opportunity to take a different approach to reducing nitrate pollution.

Green groups have warned the environment could be under threat as cross-compliance provisions fall away in the coming years.

Rural communities have been urged to brace for further chaos as flooding and fallen trees continue to wreak havoc across farms.

Farmers have been encouraged to support this year’s seventh Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust Big Farmland Bird Count (BFBC), to showcase the important role of farming in the British countryside.

Natural Resources Wales (NRW) has warned the Welsh Government that its proposed new water rules may have the ‘perverse outcome’ of making water quality worse.

NFU Cymru has blasted Welsh Government’s secretive approach to implementing its proposed new water rules, calling for key information surrounding the plans to be made publicly available.

The fight between Welsh Government and the UK Government over funding for farmers is likely to intensify in 2020, says Plaid Cymru Shadow Rural Affairs Minister Llyr Gruffydd.

Farmers devastated by recent flooding can apply for a share of £2 million funding pot to help them repair uninsurable damage to their property.