Project sees AMP grazing reduce input costs and improve productivity

An FAI Farms project sponsored by McDonald’s UK and Ireland has seen positive results within their commercial suckler herd following the switch to adaptive multi-paddock grazing

07 December 2024 • 6 min read

Rural businesses urge Scottish and UK Governments to 'reset' relationship

"Rural communities and businesses have often felt that the issues we encounter play second fiddle to those in urban areas"

05 December 2024 • 2 min read

Dairy industry bodies defend the use of methane reducing feed additive Bovaer

The Food Standards Agency confirmed said milk from cows given Bovaer as a feed additive to reduce methane emissions was safe to drink and had undergone rigorous testing

04 December 2024 • 4 min read

Owner of methane reducing feed additive Bovaer asks dairy industry and consumers to 'stick to the facts'

The Dutch company, dsm-firmenich has released a statement, emphasising that Bovaer is an 'important scientific innovation in the fight against climate change'

04 December 2024 • 2 min read

In your field: James Robinson - "Cheaper food you say? Okay, but how are we supposed to do everything else you have asked for?"

James farms Dairy Shorthorns east of Kendal, Cumbria, with his parents Kathleen and Henry, wife Michelle and sons Robert and Chris. The fifth generation to farm at Strickley, he is also vice-chair of the Nature Friendly Farming Network

01 December 2024 • 3 min read

Rescued pig pair join regen revolution

Rare breeds Tango and Sprite put to work at their new home

30 November 2024 • 1 min read

Defra pays out £57 million to farmers impacted by flooding

According to Defra, around 13,000 farmers were impacted by severe wet weather, including Storms Henk and Babet, between October and March last year

27 November 2024 • 2 min read

Mindset change needed on regenerative farming

Groundswell co-founder Paul Cherry said: "We are producing the wrong sort of foods, we should be eating more of the food we produce ourselves rather than feeding it to pigs, chickens and cattle"

26 November 2024 • 2 min read

Carbon border tax on meat 'right thing to do'

If there was a situation where carbon emissions were being reduced from UK meat, but higher carbon products were continuing to be imported, businessman Henry Dimbleby said a carbon border tax would be ‘theoretically' right, but questioned how it could be done legislatively

26 November 2024 • 2 min read

Grants: Pause on Capital Grant items sends out 'mixed messages'

NFU senior countryside adviser, Claire Robinson said farmers had engaged with stewardship Capital Grants which support environmental delivery, ‘to only find the application window is suddenly closed for a review'

08 December 2024 • 5 min read

Grants: Final call for Welsh funds in 2024 and a look ahead to 2025

Welsh Government funding schemes in 2025 will focus on preparing for the launch of the Sustainable Farming Scheme in 2026

07 December 2024 • 2 min read

GRANTS: Farmers ready to deliver, but need 'tools and trust' to do so

National Sheep Association policy manager Emma Owen said if the Government was serious about its environmental and food security ambitions, it ‘must invest in the people at the heart of these goals'

06 December 2024 • 3 min read

Farmers 'sidelined' by Scottish Budget's 'real terms decline' value in funding commitments

"Scottish farmers and crofters deserved a Budget that recognised their indispensable role in Scotland’s rural and national prosperity"

05 December 2024 • 4 min read

"If Defra and Government continue on this trajectory, we will be back to square one", says National Sheep Association

NSA chief executive Phil Stocker said there are sheep farmers who have 'wholeheartedly thrown themselves into the SFI pilot', whose agreements have now ended with no certainty over continuation into SFI and fears over budget cutbacks

05 December 2024 • 3 min read

'They feed us and now they need us' - Tories demand vote on Budget rethink

Shadow Efra Secretary Victoria Atkins pays tribute to farmers insisting 'city dwelling' Labour ministers have got their tax figures wrong

04 December 2024 • 2 min read

Join our free grant funding webinar: What farmers and rural businesses should look out for in 2025

02 December 2024 • 4 min read

Opinion: "The Deputy First Minister's announcement on SFS is a positive step, but what about the money?"

Farmers Guardian's Chief Reporter Rachael Brown discusses this week's announcement of the Welsh Government's new design for the Sustainable Farming Scheme

29 November 2024 • 1 min read

Agricultural transition has 'lurched from one crisis to another'

Responding to Defra putting on hold 76 capital grant items, NFU deputy president David Exwood said: "The messaging of this is confusing – farmers and growers are being asked to adopt measures to improve the environment but have been left in the lurch without access to the key grant schemes which will enable them to do this"

28 November 2024 • 2 min read