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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...

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland Hogget pieces for sale in a butcher’s shop at £24/kg is not fantasy. In fact, it’s exactly what shoppers in Bristol are prepared to pay for the product. This week has seen celebrity chef Andi Oliver featuring the culinary delights of Bristol...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland NFU Mutual has warned that Storm Kathleen, which is set to arrive tomorrow (Saturday, April 6), could potentially wreak “havoc on properties”. Storm Kathleen is set to hit the South West, North West, Wales, Northern Ireland and western Scotland...

5 months after storm babet we're still flooded 90 acres of summer grazing 4ft deep I am currently pumping, 1k a month just in electric, most land in the Idle Valley is either flooded or waterlogged. The Idle is pumped into the Trent at 36cumec unfortunately flow diwn the river is 11cunec...

Just phoning a contractor, he said, got to go, Police have just arrived, will call again when they have gone. He called back, umbilical spreading slurry, someone called the police to say, slurry being pumped into the river. Police had to attend to check. What has happened to this country, when...

Written by Maeve Hennessy from Agriland Derbyshire Wildlife Trust announced the completion of the purchase of Common Farm, at Nether Heage near Belper. The site will be rewilded to create a “mosaic” of habitats. Over 2,000 people donated to the public appeal which was launched last October...

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...

NEW SCHEME TO PUT POTHOLES IN THE PAST The scourge of tyre-busting potholes that blight Britain’s rural highways and byways could finally be ending as new plans to incentivise country road repairs by farmers are rolled out. An innovative collaboration between Defra and the Department for...

‘When people want a treat they are looking for the Cadbury they know’: Mondelēz UK boss Louise Stigant on changing times Written by Sarah Butler from the Guardian With cocoa and sugar prices at record highs and tougher regulation to fight rising obesity, the head of Cadbury’s has a lot on her...

Best spray day we've had for weeks. Best spray day we've got forecast for weeks. Bloody alternator sh!t itself on the Bateman. No electrics, no spraying, apparently when the battery gets low enough the engine stops, then the emergency brake applies, even if you're driving down the road! Ho hum.

Another soaking yesterday and not looking like any planting in the next two weeks with 170 acres unplanted which might not get done , how much is left to do , I recon most people around here are 1/2 to 3/4 planted at best.

SFI unravelling as the policy makers realise food might be in short supply and as of yesterday (25th March) not taking land out of food production is suddenly important to the government. Is it important to the population as a whole to have home grown food production subsidised? What should SFI...

Sorry for moaning but I'm fed up of the rain.. We have had one or two days where it's been nice. Land dries up then rain again and it's saturated.

California zombie lake turned farmland to water. A year later, is it gone for good? Written by Dani Anguiano in Kings county, California from the Guardian Tulare Lake was resurrected to more than 100,000 acres, bringing fear and wonder. I went to see it – and couldn’t find it ‘Stay out of...

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...

Piece in today's Times: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/17c78956-926a-4336-82b8-b7d03280abab?shareToken=b7c5cad963ae805bbdbe135f542df425 In case link doesn't work: FWIW, my thoughts are that farms DO need to cut water pollution. If the water industry finally sort their act out then...

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 Maeve Hennessy from Agriland The Great British Beef Week (GBBW) returns for its 14th year on Tuesday, April 23. The campaign celebrates the versality and taste of beef, while highlighting the commitment of beef farmers. Attendees will experiment with British beef by creating a...

As title , the amount of land being developed along these roads and loosely centred on St Neots is mind blowing

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...