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Over 100,000 trees were felled on the Haddo Estate in Aberdeenshire as trees came down across the east side of Scotland and Northern England

A claim from the director of Wildlife Trusts Wales that ‘growth hormones’ from livestock are found in Welsh waters has been slapped down by a Member of the Senedd (MS).

A toolkit that assesses the ammonia emissions risk posed by a farm has been put forward as an alternative to environmental permitting, which is currently on-track to be extended to ‘dairy and intensive beef farms’ by 2025.

Farming issues are at the top of the agenda for voters in the North Shropshire by-election, according to the Liberal Democrats.

Convenience and consumer thriftiness will continue to drive footfall through the doors of discounters, industry chiefs have said. 

Farming issues are at the top of the agenda for voters in the North Shropshire by-election, according to the Liberal Democrats.

A farming partnership in Kent has been fined £60,000 following an incident on farm which saw a 21-year-old employee killed while dismantling a redundant piece of farming equipment.

A dry spring followed by plenty of rain meant maize drilling was a game of two halves in 2021, with those waiting to drill early maturing varieties largely rewarded with better crops.

NFU deputy president Stuart Roberts said it would take years, or even decades, for the farms hit by Storm Arwen to recover

Dairy farms are at risk of being priced out of complying with rule changes anticipated on the back of environmental permitting, currently on-track to be extended to ‘dairy and intensive beef farms’ by 2025.