Written by Maeve Hennessy from Agriland
NFU (National Farmers’ Union) Scotland has written to Scottish government to enable farmers, crofters and growers to continue to produce high quality food against the backdrop of one of the “most challenging springs” on record.
Agricultural businesses...
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Written by Andy Turner
Climate change affects the amount and timing of water availability, as well as demand. We want to support farmers and growers to plan for and secure a more resilient water supply.
So, from today, small groups of farmers in England...
Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland
The Royal Scottish Agricultural Benevolent Institution (RSABI) is set to release a cover of ‘Stand by Me’ with around 100 members of the Farmers’ Choir.
The charity, which provides emotional and financial support to people in Scottish...
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...
FiPL spotlight: the Central Dartmoor Farm Cluster
Written by Mark Ward
Dartmoor is a distinctive landscape. Open, windswept moorland sheltered woodland valleys, enclosed farmland, varied geology and unrivalled opportunities for recreation are just a few reasons why it was designated as a...
The rainfall and flooding that has hit the UK recently have posed farmers up and down the UK with unprecedented challenges setting usual progress back immeasurably. Grant James, Business Development Manager at Sea2Soil says regenerative farming - which harnesses the natural capabilities of fish...
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With wet weather and flooding commonplace during the past few months, clubroot zoospores are at high risk of migration. CPM looks at the importance of crop husbandry and on-farm hygiene in preventing the spread of the disease and how this...
Written by Claire Sammon from Agriland
The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) is warning that farmers are caught in a perfect storm, squeezed between margin pressures, high feed input costs, and limited supplies of both forage and bedding materials.
According to the organisation, the effects of...
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With wet weather and flooding commonplace during the past few months, clubroot zoospores are at high risk of migration. CPM looks at the importance of crop husbandry and on-farm hygiene in preventing the spread of the disease and how this...
I was shocked to see world war 3 trending on twitter last night, hadnt given much thought to the israel and HAMAS conflict until i read last night Iran were now involved firing 200 drones/missiles directly at israel and the USA was now involved trying to defend Israel.....
this seems to be...
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Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has removed the 150m rule from its Farming Recovery Fund, which supports farmers affected by flooding.
The 150m limit meant that farmers who were more than 150m from main rivers were...
Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland
The vice president of the National Farmers’ Union (NFU) has said that it is “no exaggeration to say a crisis is building” for farmers due to prolonged poor weather.
Rachel Hallos welcomed the opening of the Department for Environment, Food and...
Storm Henk: grants available for affected farmers
Written by The Team
Credit: Mike Finn
Storm Henk caused significant damage to large swathes of the country. Thousands of acres of farmland were left under water as a result.
Eligible farmers in England who suffered damage to their land...
Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland
The UK government has today (Tuesday, April 9) opened the Farming Recovery Fund to support farmers affected by flooding.
The fund will support farmers who suffered uninsurable damage to their land due to flooding this winter.
Eligible farmers...
An article in Sunday Times about the development of Edinburgh Airport. I was interested to read passenger numbers pre covid had a peak of 14'000'000 and 2023 was the first year to beat that at 14'700'000. The really interesting bit was after developments passenger numbers are going to be...
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Above is a direct quote of the new mammals tv program on BBC One.
David Attenbourgh.
I know it’s BBC and probably not his thoughts directly….
But not backed up with any statistics or sources.
And don’t people want to eat?
im a mixed farmer and I know where more water is needed, its not my...
I have started receiving voicemails supposedly from Microsoft, I am assuming they are phishing emails so I just delete them as I see them .
Am I correct and are you receiving them?
Delivering for people and planet
Written by defrablogs
In 2018, the government published its 25 Year Environment Plan which outlined 10 overarching goals for improving the environment within a generation. Our world-leading Environment Act followed in 2021, setting clear statutory targets for...
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