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NFUS calls for clarity on looming slurry law changes

NFU Scotland (NFUS) has urged the Scottish government to clarify available support options for farmers who face huge costs to meet tough new slurry storage rules. The new rules on…

FARM POLICY

Farmer support for Tories waning as problems mount up

Support for the Conservative Party among farmers has slipped below 50% for the first time in living memory as enthusiasm for what has traditionally been regarded as the “party of…

AGRICULTURAL TRANSITION

Rising costs threaten future of Scottish farm businesses

Increased price pressures and poor returns from the marketplace are threatening the future of many of Scotland’s most go-ahead farming businesses. NFU Scotland this week warned that many businesses with high levels…

NEWS

Farmers Weekly Podcast Ep 136: UK faces food supply crisis

This week, soaring input costs and spiralling consumer inflation mean the UK faces a food supply crisis, says the NFU. So why won't the government do anything about it? How…

ENVIRONMENT

Welsh farming unions urge against NRW licence fee hikes

Farming unions have joined forces to urge Wales’ environmental regulator to drop plans for substantial hikes in the cost of fees charged to farmers for compulsory licences and inspections. NFU…

NEWS

Defra reappoints Nicholas Saphir as AHDB chairman

Defra has reappointed Nicholas Saphir as chairman of the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) for 12 months. His new term will run from 1 April 2023 to 31 March…

AGRICULTURAL TRANSITION

Government must give clarity on ELM scheme, say lords

The UK government must provide immediate clarity on its Environmental Land Management (ELM) programme “to give certainty and confidence” to the farming community, according to members of the House of…

BREXIT

UFU calls for urgent action as NI Protocol deadline looms

The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) has called on policymakers to resolve four key export issues ahead of a fast-approaching deadline for the Northern Ireland (NI) Protocol. The union said urgent…

NEWS

Opinion: Tackling climate change can benefit the bottom line

In 2019’s Achieving Net Zero report, NFU president Minette Batters states that the organisation “has set the ambitious goal of reaching net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across the whole of…

CRIME

Lincolnshire Police arrest 22 in hare coursing crackdown

A major police crackdown on hare coursing in Lincolnshire has resulted in 22 arrests and a significant number of dog and vehicle seizures. Lincolnshire Police’s rural crime team seized 23…

NEWS

This Week in Farming: Blowers, Batters and Clarkson's Farm

Hello and welcome to a wintry edition of This Week in Farming, your warming hotpot of the best stories from FW. Here’s a run-through of five topics that will be…

NEWS

Opinion: Collaboration is key to productivity and innovation

Last month saw the publication of a report titled “The application of science to realise the potential of the agricultural transition”. Over the course of the past year, leading authorities…

NEWS

Editor’s view: The NFU isn’t being listened to, what next?

To the NFU’s London outpost in Westminster’s elegant Smith Square this week for another dire warning from its president, Minette Batters, about our nation’s food security. It would be reasonable…

AGRICULTURAL TRANSITION

Frontier launches pilot to help farmers trade natural capital

Frontier Agriculture is trialling an environmental scheme that would enable farmers to be paid for adopting more sustainable farming practices as part of their supply agreements. The initiative would help…

FARM POLICY

'No help coming' for farmers facing hugely squeezed margins

Farmers have been warned not to expect financial support packages from the UK government to help them manage soaring production costs. This is despite the 2020 Agriculture Act making provision…

CRIME

Details revealed for law that seeks to cut farm vehicle theft

A new law under consideration by MPs would require manufacturers to take greater responsibility in the fight against rural crime by making it mandatory for immobilisers to be fitted on…

ENVIRONMENT

Strong farmer support for hedge planting - if it pays

There are numerous misconceptions about farmers and farming, but one of the most common has to be in relation to hedgerows. The view still held by much of the general…

NEWS

FW Podcast Ep 135: Is ELM really hanging by a thread?

Delayed again, just what is the future for Defra's flagship Environmental Land Management scheme (ELM)? Is ELM really hanging by a thread? Or will the government finally make the scheme…

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