nature friendly farming

Integrating livestock, wildlife corridors and varied habitats has helped Cotswolds arable farmer and miller Henry Astor create a vibrant ecosystem in which species thrive as part of a productive, profitable farm business

Duncan Parker is determined his farming objectives will continue primarily as a food producer while embracing new payment systems and working toward net zero

Danielle Dewe, chief executive of the Countryside Regeneration Trust (CRT), writes about the importance of nature-friendly farming and the work of the CRT

James and family farm Dairy Shorthorns east of Kendal, Cumbria. The fifth generation to farm at Strickley, James is also vice-chair of the Nature Friendly Farming Network

There are concerns around the impact the loss of the Sustainable Farming Incentive could have on nature, and many farmers are finding ways to bring in that lost income

Richard Broadbent, an environmental lawyer at Freeths, writes that landowners require certainty, clarity and careful forward planning if we are to reverse the chronic biodiversity decline we have seen over the past 100 years

Nicholas Watts’ respectful approach to farming alongside wildlife shows it is possible to balance profitable arable farming with thriving biodiversity

Defra said the Food Strategy Advisory Board was the 'first step in a wider engagement strategy'

It has been rumoured Defra's budget could be on the ‘chopping block' in the Comprehensive Spending Review

TFA representative George Renner said despite indication from Farming Minister Daniel Zeichner at an ‘emergency' industry roundtable that a ‘stripped back version' of SFI would be available this summer, commitments from the Minister were still ‘very woolly'