farming issues

Hi everyone, I am currently writing my undergraduate dissertation at the RAU. It focuses on how farmers are managing the risk of wildfire, how farmers work with Fire and rescue, what resources are available, and if farmers consider wildfire to be a serious threat (or future threat). If you...

Hi everyone, I am currently writing my undergraduate dissertation at the RAU. It focuses on how farmers are managing the risk of wildfire, how farmers work with Fire and rescue, what resources are available, and if farmers consider wildfire to be a serious threat (or future threat). If you...

most politicians have 0 experience of farming so what would you tell them to do differently? theres a few farmers/vets in defra and parliament, do you think they do enough? would having more politicians with a farming background do much good? my guesses so far are less paperwork/red tape, and...

I am a military veteran with my own company and would like to find out if there are any problems that the farming community are facing that I could help solve. My company offers drone services, including thermography, 3D modelling and photogrammetry. Would anyone be open to answering a few...

One woman’s Facebook group has had a huge impact on helping tackle loneliness and isolation in the countryside and made her a heroine to thousands of women across the UK. Chloe Williams, founder of the Facebook group ‘The Crazy Life of a Farmer’s Wife’ knows all too well what it can be like to...

Consumers tucking into sun-dried tomatoes at a picnic during the summer’s heatwave probably gave little thought as to how that food went from farm to fork. But those in the food industry know only too well that processors, manufacturers and wholesalers supplying supermarkets and restaurants are...

A ‘no-deal’ Brexit could see food retailers and their suppliers facing a £9.3 billion blow. A new report from Barclays Corporate Banking has revealed that a failure to reach any Brexit deal will create an average tariff of 27% on products imported from the EU for food and drink supply chains...

Farming Charity R.A.B.I (The Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution) has announced the appointment of Alicia Chivers as its new chief executive from November 2018. A qualified chartered accountant from a farming family, Alicia is currently the CEO of the RAF Central Fund, a charity providing...

Hey everyone, I am doing research on arable farming and would like to know about the issues farmers have with deploying chemical pesticide. If any one could just provide some insight on how they deploy chemical pesticide/herbicide on their crop land to prevent crops from being destroyed. What...