carbon

  1. glow worm

    Government support for farmers announced today

    Did I hear right!!!? Millions coming our way to improve our IT etc so that we have less reliance on foreign workers? and better outlets for food we can't sell? Apart from installing robots, I can't see, on the face of it, what impact this would have on the dairy industry. What about other sectors?
  2. CPM RSS

    Pulse pioneers update

    Written by janineadamson from CPM Magazine UK pea and bean growers are invited to become ‘pulse pioneers’ and be paid to carry out on-farm trials which will contribute to ground-breaking research. The Nitrogen Climate Smart (NCS) Project aims to facilitate the increase of pulse cropping from 5%...
  3. Agriland RSS

    HMRC withdraws proposals to tax double cab pickups as cars

    Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has withdrawn its guidance relating to the tax treatment of double cab pickups (DCPUs) after listening to the views of farmers. Last week, HMRC updated its guidance on the tax treatment for DCPUs following a 2020 Court...
  4. Humble Village Farmer

    DEFRA cover up on upland prospects

    https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/feb/20/defra-officials-buried-analysis-dire-financial-prospects-hill-farmers-brexit-faming-payments-scheme
  5. snipe

    Alternative to Red Tractor

    Please see the attached form I am going to send this form to the AHDB and various organisations in the grain supply trade to see what reaction there is to a valid alternative to Red Tractor assurance. I you support this form as an alternative to RT then please show your support by voting in...
  6. Qman

    Whitewash at RT.

    Red Tractor Member Mailing Dear Red Tractor Member Independent review finds Red Tractor Governance is sound and no breach of procedure London, 19 February 2024: The NFU have today published Campbell Tickell’s independent review of Red Tractor Governance. Red Tractor Chair, Christine...
  7. Agriland RSS

    Double-cab pickups taxed as cars to bring ‘significant implications’ for farmers

    Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland A tax ruling following a dispute between Coca-Cola and HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has seen the classification of double-cab pickups change from vans to cars. Accountancy Moore Thompson has said the change will have “significant implications” for...
  8. Lazy Sod

    Is Red Tractor Legal?

    Thankfully, I never had to be involved in Red Tractor. Does not Red Tractor amount to a restraint of trade?
  9. Grass And Grain

    FG Interview with Minette about Red Tractor

    Watch video using link at bottom of this post. Right at the end, talking about CEO of Red Tractor, if the job came available, Minette says "who would want that job if it did come up". Not only that, but Minette, who's known for being a big supporter of RT, says she wouldn't want the job either...
  10. The Guardian RSS

    Saturation point: Australia’s best known carbon-neutral farm can no longer offset its emissions

    Saturation point: Australia’s best known carbon-neutral farm can no longer offset its emissions Written by Aston Brown from the Guardian That the trees and soil on Jigsaw Farms in western Victoria have now passed peak sequestration reflects the challenge for the broader red meat industry...
  11. Agriland RSS

    CAFRE carbon event to ‘provide clarity’ for farmers

    Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland The College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) has said its ‘Carbon Challenge’ conference will “provide clarity” for dairy farmers on how to manage carbon. The event will take place from 10:00a.m to 3:30p.m on Thursday, February...
  12. Agriland RSS

    CAFRE shares benefits of improved slurry management

    Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland The College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) advisors have been profiling the benefits of improved slurry management over recent weeks. The focus of this activity was the hosting of two slurry management events, one of which was held...
  13. R

    Longevity of autumn residuals

    We applied avadex and generic liberator at full rate during the first ten days of October, due to rain most days since the crop isn't worth keeping, we want to put some grass in some bits and possibly some of the sfi options, obviously neither probably going to get drilled till beginning of...
  14. F

    National Trust Not Practicing What It Preaches?

    On the many hundreds of acres the NT owns near to me that has been left derelict for "nature" they are in the process of putting in new fences. If they had maintained the hedges and cleaned out the ditches properly, much of this would be unnecessary. Now I would have expected an organisation...
  15. P

    What vehicle?

    Any suggestions for an all round vehicle please. Both a farm vehicle and family vehicle. It’ll be used for towing a ifor Williams at times, running across fields during harvest with bowsers/tools etc. Then on the daily school run as well as holidays in this country. Basically my only vehicle for...
  16. E

    Adoption of climate mitigation measures on farm?

    Good morning all, I am conducting research as part of my final year dissertation on farmer attitudes towards adopting climate mitigation measures on farm. I would be so grateful if you could fill out the questionnaire and share your thoughts. Please use this link to access it...
  17. Agriland RSS

    Cumbria Farmer Network to host farm carbon meetings

    Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland Cumbria Farmer Network has announced two new meetings for farmers with the theme of farm carbon. The meetings are funded by Westmorland & Furness Council and Cumberland Council Shared Prosperity Funds and the farm carbon theme aims to help...
  18. G

    Brewdog trees go pear shaped

    https://parkswatchscotland.co.uk/2024/02/14/brewdogs-lost-forest-at-kinrara-lost-trees-lost-carbon-and-lost-finances/
  19. Jsmith2211

    Moseley Says Sack The Board

    https://www.fwi.co.uk/news/sack-the-board-if-you-sack-me-says-red-tractor-boss Can't say I disagree with him on that, fire the lot of them... Get some people in that care about the farmers they are supposed to be working for, not the supermarkets which they have decided to work for instead.
  20. Humble Village Farmer

    BFU signs up 25 new members in a week.

    Thanks to all who have joined.
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