sustainable farming incentive

Expert highlights that establishing herbal and multi-species leys is fundamentally different from grassland reseeding

NFU Cymru president Aled Jones said: "No farmer, wherever they reside, should be impacted like this by a poorly designed policy"

Roger Nicholson farms with his family at the heavily diversified Cannon Hall Farm, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, which has sparked various Channel 5 series including 'Springtime on the Farm'. Roger, 81, farms with his sons Dave and Robert and says he has no plans to retire just yet

Farmers have claimed it is a 'waste of time' to wait for a scheme which they may not even be accepted into

FG reader Hugh Wroth, from Wiltshire, shares his views on the current Labour Government's farming policies

Alan Carter farms in partnership with his parents, Paul and Christine, on a 162-hectare (400-acre), 400-cow dairy unit at Constantine, Cornwall, supplying Saputo

Defra Minister Daniel Zeichner will be probed about the early closure of SFI and Defra's communication with the industry on key changes to farming policy

Niche crops, value-added crops and alternative break crops offer market-driven alternatives to environmental schemes

n today's Farming in Five, chief reporter Rachael Brown analyses the results from a Farmers Guardian survey looking at how farmers' mental health has been impacted by the Autumn Budget, Red Tractor promises to implement all 56 recommendations from the farm assurance review and ensure farmers are the 'absolute priority', and the Government's new Food Strategy Advisory Board is criticised for its lack of farmer representation.

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