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WEATHER

Mixed fortunes for farmers as meteorological spring ends

As the Met Office distances itself from reports that the UK is heading into 50 days of rain, farmers across the UK are reporting mixed fortunes as meteorological spring comes…

NVZS

Welsh NVZ rules 'affecting farmers’ mental health'

NFU Cymru has warned that new agricultural pollution control rules in Wales are heightening farmer stress and anxiety levels. The union has started gathering evidence to challenge rules which it…

MEAT MARKETS AND PRICES

Beef price falls to 480p/kg but scope for summer surge

Cattle rearers have been feeling the pinch as a result of falling beef prices, with ample supplies of stock coming forward, putting pressure on the trade. GB prime cattle started…

AIR AND WATER

Farmer co-op partners with Rothamsted to raise water quality

The Environmental Farmers Group (EFG), a co-operative setup to help farmers generate and trade their natural capital, has formed a new partnership with Rothamsted Research, to monitor water quality and…

MARKETS AND TRENDS

Farmers still losing money on wool with fleeces below ÂŁ1

The sheep sector continues to make a substantial loss on wool with current prices well below the cost of shearing. Wool was valued at just 74.8p/kg at the latest British…

BUSINESS

Mona Dairy confirms search for a new owner

More than 30 Welsh dairy producers, who had been supplying Mona Dairy on Anglesey, will have to move to new buyers after the cheese business confirmed it has been unable…

CROPS MARKETS AND PRICES

Rapeseed meal heads above ÂŁ300/t as soy rules loom

Farmers and traders are facing rising rapeseed meal prices as two pieces of legislation affecting soya sourcing in the EU and UK loom on the horizon. Soya has become impossible…

TRANSITION

Securing a sustainable future for your farm business

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A controlled rollout of the 2024 Sustainable Farming Inventive (SFI) will commence in early June, with farmers in England invited to submit “expressions of interest” to the Rural Payments Agency…

 

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Editor's view: Facing hard truths about young farmer culture

I love the farming community. I love farmers. I spend my life advocating for you and I’m incredibly proud to do it. But as a staunch friend, I have a…

WILL'S WORLD

Will's World: Meaning of life discovered on Wrexham farm

I’m about to claim something that’s groundbreaking in the extreme. So if you’re not already sitting down while reading this, you may want to pull up a chair. Humans of…