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Channel 4's inaccurate portrayal of UK beef production in its programme 'The Great British Beef Battle' has seen farming's social media stalwarts spring into action to set the record straight - informatively and truthfully.

Another meat industry body has made a complaint to a broadcasting regulator after Channel 4's The Big British Beef Battle documentary

Paralympian and writer Ade Adepitan said the documentary showcases his attempts to stop people from eating beef

The report recommended the Government to fund the widespread, standardised testing of soil through its Environmental Land Management schemes and to work with industry on an agreed set of metrics of soil health by next year

More than double the funding was on offer in the second round of the Slurry Infrastructure Grant. But with dwindling confidence in the dairy sector farmers are cautious about where, when and what to invest in, questioning whether now is the right time to apply

When it comes to the application process, the delivery and the options available to all farmers, there are some inconsistencies, which the industry hopes will be ironed out in the next SFI announcement

Ahead of the COP28 climate summit in Dubai and to coincide with Countryside COP which sees UK agriculture set the agenda and amplify policy asks around climate change, FG held a Farm Futures roundtable to discuss the opportunities and challenges facing the industry

When it comes to SFI uptake, about 6,600 applications have been started but not yet submitted and only 800 agreements are live with farmers delivering on required outcomes

Officials at Gloucestershire County Council hit back at proposals to reduce meat menu options

I remember being in Birmingham for the NFU conference in 2019 and the NFU launching, on behalf of the farming industry, a target for net zero on agriculture of 2040, 10 years sooner than the Government’s own target for the wider UK economy