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Greater transparency and information is needed about the purchase of farmland for carbon offsetting, the Welsh Affairs Committee has said.

Over 150 British farmers have written to Defra Secretary George Eustice demanding that the Government immediately rolls out the Landscape Recovery and Local Nature Recovery schemes, both part of the Environmental Land Management (ELM) scheme.

Fake meat will not save the planet and risks entrenching domination of food systems by giant ag-corporations, the International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems (IPES) has warned. 

SALERS were the breed of choice when Geoff and Olwen Lawrenson set up their suckler herd almost two decades ago and it has proved to be a wise decision.

Since Putin’s invasion, Ukraine has rarely been out of the headlines. But less attention has been paid to how Russians are handling sanctions. Abi Kay speaks to a Moscow farm manager to see how the ag sector is faring.

A Kent farmer has been fined £4,992 after a worker became entangled in the contra-rotating rollers of a potato harvester and suffered multiple injuries. 

GB Potatoes, the proposed new grower controlled industry body, has moved closer to becoming a reality by appointing a working group of nine stakeholders.

The Environmental Campaigner accused the NFU of taking a ’cynical and opportunistic’ approach to rule changes

Processors have announced price rises for May but Kite Consulting have warned another 5-10ppl could be needed if they want to incentivise production

Processors have announced price rises for May but Kite Consulting have warned another 5-10ppl could be needed if they want to incentivise production