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They want written submissions from farmers. Have you been treated fairly? Bullied? They've stipulated terms, and it's take it or leave it? Is this a good opportunity to use this EFRA Committee submissions to push back at things like GFC? because retailers are using Red Tractor as a means of...

Don’t let the door hit you on the way out. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-68361766

So to get our heads around how useful this support offered by Rishi yesterday, who plans to take advantage of the FETF capital grants this year ...

I know its been done to death, but as part of my recuperation, I have been getting up a bit later, so heard the CEO of Heathrow this am, 79,000000 passengers last year, talking about getting the third runway ''right'' as of great benefit to the country, so the Welsh are to plant trees, RT...

Just signed up for webinar carbon credits etc which I nothing about . Anyone any experience ?

I’m next door to a rewetting project that’s a combined effort or “non effort” between the Forestry Commission, Natural England and the Wolds Chalk Stream project or something like that. And I’m fairly angry about it as fetid stinking water is sometimes pouring across their plantations onto the...

Welcome to Ruminant Health & Welfare Welcome to the first RH&W newsletter of 2024 Our important work continues with our focus now on developing a beef welfare strategy with the working group as well as progressing the welfare goals identified in the dairy and sheep strategies through 2024. As...

Hello everyone, My team at University of Glasgow are running a project for developing a multifunctional remote controlled AI drone for fertilizing, pollination, watering and monitoring. We'll be very happy to hear what you all think about the idea, our main goal is to make it long lasting, much...

Written by Justin Roberts from Agriland Mineral-oil-based fuels suffer a good deal of bad publicity, but the government’s enthusiasm for batteries as a universal method of energy storage means that alternative sources of diesel are overlooked. Carbon-based fuels, such as diesel, have several...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland A community nurse working for the Royal Scottish Agricultural Benevolent Institution (RSABI) has been selected for the Queen’s Nurse Award. Irene Scott has been working for the agricultural charity on the delivery of its health hut initiative...

Written by Agriland Team from Agriland Multinational dairy business Arla Foods has reported revenue for 2023 of €13.7 billion, a slight decrease on the 2022 figure of €13.8 billion. According to the Swedish-Danish co-op, which announced its annual results for 2023 today (Tuesday, February 20)...

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?

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%...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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...