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Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales (HCC) is aiming to inform the public of the “essential role” that livestock farming plays in looking after the environment. Ahead of World Earth Day on Monday, April 22, HCC said it wants to highlight the...

Written by Maeve Hennessy from Agriland The first phase of the peatland restoration has been completed in the north-east of Scotland and announced today (Tuesday, March 19) by Par Equity, Aviva Investors, and Scottish Woodlands Ltd. The Glen Dye Moor Project in Aberdeenshire plans to deliver...

Less than a year into her Presidency, without any prior democratic consultation, Minette committed English Agriculture to Net Zero. Just 30 days before the NFU had responded to the Committee on Climate Change using these exact words: “There are no ‘silver bullets’ to deliver a net-zero-...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT) has called for hedgerows to be included in the Welsh government’s 10% woodland requirement in the Sustainable Farming Scheme (SFS). GWCT said research shows that good-sized hedgerows provide equal or...

Perception and perspective are very different things. Generally individuals and old farmers see food security as an existential threat eg if we had a major war (see WW2) and we struggle to have enough food in the UK. Retailers and governments see food security along the lines of “are the supply...

Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF Managing crop nutrition is a nuanced subject at the best of times but add in net zero goals and it becomes a whole new ballgame. CPM explores how crop nutrition can go hand-in-hand with environmental goals. By Melanie Jenkins and Rob...

EU backtracks on net zero..... where does this leave our shambolic 'union' after they signed us up🙄

I see there appears to be some momentum to protest but @delilah is right... what are YOU going to protest about? I suspect we all want something different as we are often divergent from each other even within each sector. If I was in Cardiff with a banner, it would be focused on the dash to net...

This is the number someone has come up with for the Welsh government for losses down to the new agriculture policy. Great news. Not.

Posted elsewhere but might as well post it here too. FT today. Bit of a read, but just shows how utterly fekked up all of this is. One bit stands out: Smith, the University of Aberdeen professor, says carbon sequestration can buy food suppliers “time to decarbonise the rest of their supply...

Written by janineadamson from CPM Magazine Unforeseen consequences of the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) are a concern for independent agronomists after they were briefed on the recent updates at their annual conference last week. An interactive poll before the SFI update session revealed...

How very generous …….. How VERY condescending ! The open market can decide the value and we can decide if we want to sell at that price “supermarket god complex reaches new levels” should have been your headline @Abi Kay

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland Selling land before the next General Election could be the right decision to avoid the potential impact of tax changes. This is according to the head of farm agency at rural property consultancy GSC Grays, John Coleman, who said that potential...

Against U.K. Agriculture? Make standards and regulations for home production so high that we can’t possibly compete with imports as there’s no identifiable premium for home production. Allow imports in that don’t meet our standards so are inherently cheaper to produce. Apply tighter and more...

I have just put the 4 worded question,above,into the search TFF search box facility ( search titles only) and after browsing quickly through the 7 pages that the search facility comes up with, I can’t see one that directly answers my question. So I ask “What is regenerative farming” and how does...

So i wonder what announcements / new standards we might get re SFI today ? any guesses ?

Ok hear me out here and please tell me I am wrong if I am but I have been thinking about all these environmental conditions being put on us by supermarkets and general public and governmental bodies. Why is this not being seen as an Agricultural asset and being sold ( just hold off with the...

Written by Aisling O'Brien from Agriland Almost 200 nations have agreed to “transition away from fossil fuels in energy systems” at the 28th United Nations (UN) Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP28). In the early hours of this morning (Wednesday, December 13), a draft deal which...

he's gone, shuffled off at 20mph !!!

With potential £229/Ha on the table for s barley under sfi, are we about to see the return of the barley baron. Been looking at sfi, i guess like many farmers, weigh up all the options, ipm1, sam1,2,3, num 1,2,3 …..hrw…..ahl… so on and so on , a bit of this and a bit of that, and it all starts...