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Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland 50% of Northern Irish dairy farms inspected were found to be non-compliant with environment regulations aimed at preventing river pollution. The 339 dairy farms were inspected by the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA)...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland The National Drought Group (NDG) has said farmers are currently facing the problem of too much water, rather than too little. The Environment Agency chaired its regular meeting of the group yesterday (Thursday, April 18) where it discussed the...

Reports the 970 acre 'Sibleyback farm' on Bodmin has been sold to rewilders....£10 million to turn it into native woodland and bog. Where does this all end?

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has announced a River Wye Action plan to “preserve” the river, including £35 million for poultry manure management equipment. A new ‘river champion’ as also been appointed and a...

Coverage of the launch of the Water Restoration Fund Written by defrablogs There has been coverage, including in the Independent, ITV, Evening Standard and Sky News of today’s announcement of the launch of the Water Restoration Fund, which will see £11m in water company fines and penalties...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland A Somerset farmer has been fined and ordered to pay costs totalling nearly £5,000 after silage effluent polluted the Fivehead river close to his farm. 44-year-old Daniel Macey of Underhill Farm, Staple Fitzpaine, near Taunton, was ordered to pay...

Coverage of Ministerial Direction on waste incineration facilities Written by defrablogs Environment Minister Mark Spencer has issued a Ministerial Direction to the Environment Agency, to temporarily pause the determination of certain environmental permits for new waste incineration...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland ORJ Law is urging farmers with septic tanks to check that their systems are compliant before trying to sell their properties to avoid months of delays and frustration. The company’s property law expert, Zoe Smith, said she has seen buyers pull...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland The Country Land and Business Association (CLA) has called for the flooding fund to “open as soon as possible” as farmers “need help right now”. After Storm Henk in early January, the UK government announced that farmers who had suffered...

Mohamed Mansour has given the Tories £5 million and is to 'coincidentally' receive a knighthood. But I on the other hand have this year helped to supply well over 3 times as much to the public purse, simply by selling feed wheat (fag packet maths ensues, feel free to correct): 1 tonne of wheat...

Written by Aisling O'Brien from Agriland European targets for improving water quality in Northern Ireland’s rivers and lakes by 2027 will not be met, a new report has warned. The study, published today (Monday, March 25) by the Northern Ireland Audit Office (NIAO), stated that in 2021 less...

So who dumped the beavers? Cornwall apparently has a pair of beavers secured in a 5 acres enclosure. They haven't had time to breed....but now there are more! Is this the solution to unwanted introduced species? Or are they multiplying by asexual reproduction...

Hi , I posted in here last December -about land drainage & possibility the council may have culverted an old ditch they ran to Well National Highways inspected the culvert and it’s full of mud. Chambers & pipes. they thought it was running from the road to a farmers ditch , the land is no...

Written by Aisling O'Brien from Agriland A 34-year-old farmer has been convicted and fined by a court in Northern Ireland for water pollution offences. Andrew Hogg of Coollane Road, Maguiresbridge appeared at Enniskillen Magistrates’ Court yesterday (Wednesday, March 13) where he was fined a...

Too many deer in East Anglia justifies re-introduction of lynx and wolves .......... BBC report on floods on Somerset Levels that may make farming impossible amplified by Goldsmith to become as iconic as the Camargue in France : Wolves thriving across Western Europe, time to bring them...

Blending private and public finance Written by The Green Finance Team Credit: cattan2011 We want farmers and land managers in England to confidently and securely access payments from both the public and private sector for the environmental benefits and food they produce. In March 2023...

We have a unique location next to some NG infrastructure. They need to do some urgent work and are interested in converting some of our adjacent field to a compound. Similar happened 10 yrs back, it wasnt left as agreed and we had to mess about subsoiling. They want a site meeting, I’ve gone...

How cheap chicken ran rampant across Britain Poultry farming boom blamed for housebuilding delays and turning rivers green Daniel Woolfson17 February 2024 • 12:00pm Related Topics Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA), Environment Agency, Chicken, Pollution, Farming...

Heard this said plenty of times, but really if you have a small farm turning over a relatively small amount say £1-200k you are only ever going to be able to make so much money no matter how efficient you are or how well you sell your produce. The only way to increase profits is to increase...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland Experts at the University of Manchester have said that “urgent worldwide measures” are needed to tackle antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Drug resistant infections are expected to claim more lives over the next 25 years than cancer, the...