Environment

This week's opinion from throughout the world of agriculture: Farmer and former lecturer at Myerscough College - George Parkinson

Commissioners leading the Farm Assurance Review have extended the deadline for responses to the farmer survey to September 7

“The solution is very simple – young children should never ride in agricultural vehicles”

The meeting took place on Helen Drinkall's upland beef and sheep farm in Lancashire and it was a chance for the Minister to see the issues upland farmers still have with the Sustainable Farming Incentive

"Agriculture has a significant role economically, socially, culturally and environmentally"

A few minor tweaks around the farmyard could help livestock farmers greatly reduce the risk that disposal of spent footbath solutions might cause environmental damage

Red Tractor interim chair Alistair Mackintosh said his focus was on improving farmers trust in Red Tractor, through 'greater transparency and increasing audit efficiency.'

A spokesperson for River Action said: "It was a genuine mistake corrected minutes later in the BBC programme"

The FUW have endorsed a commission which recognises the value of Welsh speaking and family farms in Government policy

The Environment Agency said Neil Dyke had taken suspected samples of pollution from an investigating officer and then drove off in his tractor