Advice for maize growers: harvest early before too much crop is lost to the heat and drought
The independent silage and microbiologist Dr David Davies is telling maize growers that ‘waiting until…
Browsing: Environment
Government infrastructure plans proposes huge changes for rural areas
The Central Association of Agricultural Valuers (CAAV) say that the government has earmarked £640 billion…
UK water security is being neglected by politicians, says NFU president
With the recent hot weather and lack of rainfall, concerns are building for farming as…
The Environment Agency is focusing on the wrong pollution control targets, says the TFA
The Tenant Farmers Association (TFA) believe that the Environment Agency (EA) is allowing a number…
Government grants £3.3m in funding to Miscanthus upscaling project
The second phase of the UK government’s Biomass Feedstocks Innovation Programme has awarded a project,…
Carbon farming agtech Agreena acquires Hummingbird Technologies to take lead on AI in regenerative agriculture
Technology is one of the main drivers in scaling the verification of carbon offset projects,…
Hundred-fold increase in our best farmland lost to development in little more than a decade, new CPRE research has found.
New research from the CPRE has found almost 14,500 hectares of the country’s best agricultural land,…
First BPS advance payments to be issued
The first of the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) advance payments will be reaching farmers in…
New roots for Velcourt with forestry firm acquisition
Farm management and advisory business, Velcourt Group Ltd, has acquired leading timber and forestry management…
National Farm Management conference returns to tackle food and environment debate
The National Farm Management Conference (NFMC) is returning this November, to provide a platform for…