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Natural England offers one-year HLS rollover for Dartmoor

Natural England has written to the vast majority of farmers on Dartmoor to offer a one-year extension to their existing Higher Level Stewardship (HLS) schemes. It comes as the industry…

DAIRY MARKETS AND PRICES

Milk price holds announced amid supply increases

An increase in milk supply has taken the wind out of the sails for farmgate milk prices, after an initial flurry of price rises by processors at the start of…

NEWS

European farmer protests place focus on UK farming concerns

In the wake of mass farmer protests across Europe, there are growing calls from within the UK farming industry for British farmers to launch their own demonstrations. Farmers across the…

TRACTORS

Lynx develops plastic-wrapped tractor ballast blocks

A combination of an attractive appearance and positive environmental credentials may seem an unlikely sales pitch for a humble ballast block, but that is what Lynx Engineering claims for the…

SUGAR BEET

NFU Sugar dismay at non-Recommended List beet seed offer

NFU Sugar is demanding more data about the beet variety Jackdaw as news emerges that it is being supplied by British Sugar to some growers while not being on the…

AGRICULTURAL TRANSITION

NFU Cymru demands policy rethink over upland farmers

NFU Cymru is demanding Welsh government rethinks its future agricultural policy plans for upland farmers in Wales amid concerns they will force hill farms out of business. The union’s concerns…

MEAT MARKETS AND PRICES

French protests concern lamb exports but trade holds firm

UK lamb prices are holding up, despite major protests by farmers in France who have been blocking roads, which has disrupted British lamb exports heading to the Continent. The GB…

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ENVIRONMENT

Natural England offers one-year HLS rollover for Dartmoor

Natural England has written to the vast majority of farmers on Dartmoor to offer a one-year extension to their existing Higher Level Stewardship (HLS) schemes. It comes as the industry…

NEWS

European farmer protests place focus on UK farming concerns

In the wake of mass farmer protests across Europe, there are growing calls from within the UK farming industry for British farmers to launch their own demonstrations. Farmers across the…

TRACTORS

Lynx develops plastic-wrapped tractor ballast blocks

A combination of an attractive appearance and positive environmental credentials may seem an unlikely sales pitch for a humble ballast block, but that is what Lynx Engineering claims for the…

SUGAR BEET

NFU Sugar dismay at non-Recommended List beet seed offer

NFU Sugar is demanding more data about the beet variety Jackdaw as news emerges that it is being supplied by British Sugar to some growers while not being on the…

AGRICULTURAL TRANSITION

NFU Cymru demands policy rethink over upland farmers

NFU Cymru is demanding Welsh government rethinks its future agricultural policy plans for upland farmers in Wales amid concerns they will force hill farms out of business. The union’s concerns…

AGRICULTURAL TRANSITION

Four-point plan unveiled to back NI nature-friendly farmers

Farmers in Northern Ireland are not being rewarded to balance nature recovery with food production to the same degree as their counterparts elsewhere in the British Isles, the Nature Friendly…

NEWS

Hopes raised for NI Farm Welfare Bill with Stormont reset

Farmers For Action Northern Ireland (FFA NI) is hoping that the reinstatement of power-sharing at Stormont gives the green light for the Northern Ireland Farm Welfare Bill to go forward.…

TRANSITION

Securing a sustainable future for your farm business

AGRICULTURAL TRANSITION

A new year brings new opportunities, in an ever changing environment. Here are some top tips below which may be useful for planning the year ahead for agricultural businesses. About…

 

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OPINION

Editor's View: What NFU coronation says about our sector

Why has only one person put themselves forward to be president of the NFU? Nominations for the race closed a few weeks ago with the current deputy president, Tom Bradshaw,…

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