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Nine ways to keep your farm vehicles safe

Nine ways to keep your farm vehicles safe

Good security is crucial to protecting your property. But as no two farms or rural businesses are the same, there’s no standard, one-size-fits-all solution.
Arable Farming Magazine

Arable Farming Magazine

Arable Farming, a magazine dedicated to the progressive arable farmer.
Dairy Farmer Magazine

Dairy Farmer Magazine

Serving the UK dairy sector for 85 years, Dairy Farmer continues to serve its sector with the information it needs.
British Farming Awards

British Farming Awards

18 Oct 2018
There are few occasions when farmers come together to celebrate all they have achieved but the British Farming Awards is one of those rare times.
CropTec

CropTec

28 Nov 2018
The CropTec show is for all farmers and agronomists seeking the latest information on innovative methods to increase profits from crop production.
LAMMA 2019

LAMMA 2019

08 Jan 2019
LAMMA is the UK’s largest agricultural trade show, where over 850 exhibitors will host the most extensive array of farm machinery, equipment, and services to be found in one location anywhere in the UK.
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Civil servants ‘blind’ to the need for rural development funding

Civil servants ‘blind’ to the need for rural development funding

A leading professor has suggested civil servants making Government policy across Whitehall are ‘blind’ to the need for rural development funding in the UK.
Brexit Business Environment farm life Funding Politics Rural Development
Farmer slams Countryside Stewardship scheme over mismatched deadline priorities

Farmer slams Countryside Stewardship scheme over mismatched deadline priorities

A farmer has blasted Natural England for its ‘nonsensical’ management of the Countryside Stewardship scheme.
Business Environment farm life Funding
Livestock farming brothers on a mission to feed 1 million bees in a year

Livestock farming brothers on a mission to feed 1 million bees in a year

The farm said it was ‘committed to farming in harmony with nature and improving the number and variety of species living in and around the farm’.
Environment farm life livestock Pig Welfare
MPs demand fast-tracked introduction of petrol which helps British farmers

MPs demand fast-tracked introduction of petrol which helps British farmers

The chairman of the Efra Select Committee has joined a cross-party group of MPs and peers to demand the Government fast-tracks the introduction a petrol which supports British farming.
arable Business dairy Environment livestock Politics
Gove’s environmental watchdog risks adding confusion to policy

Gove’s environmental watchdog risks adding confusion to policy

The CLA has warned Defra Secretary Michael Gove’s new environmental watchdog risks adding confusion to policy-making following the opening of a consultation on the creation of the body.
arable Brexit Business dairy Environment livestock Politics Wales
Countryside Stewardship claim deadline extended for farmers

Countryside Stewardship claim deadline extended for farmers

Farmers have been given an extra month to submit their Countryside Stewardship (CS) claims because of delays in issuing January 2018 agreement offers.
arable Business Environment Funding livestock Politics
Welsh Government sets out plans to complete farm support change by 2025

Welsh Government sets out plans to complete farm support change by 2025

Welsh Government plans to complete the transition to an entirely new system of farm support by 2025 have been given a cautious welcome by farming groups.
arable Beef Brexit Business dairy Environment Funding livestock Pig Politics sheep Wales
Cumbria and Northumberland to get Commons Council

Cumbria and Northumberland to get Commons Council

A new commons council which will manage and protect 60,000 hectares of common land across Cumbria and Northumberland is close to being established.
Business Environment livestock Politics
Agrifood businesses sign up to UK Plastics Pact

Agrifood businesses sign up to UK Plastics Pact

Companies including Arla, Dunbia and ABP have signed up to the UK Plastics Pact, an initiative designed to create a ‘circular economy’ for plastics
Business Environment
Rural contributions must be recognised in future policies

Rural contributions must be recognised in future policies

Contribution of rural areas must be recognised and supported as engines of national prosperity.
Business Environment farm life
Gove rejects EU’s ‘non-regression clause’ for environmental standards

Gove rejects EU’s ‘non-regression clause’ for environmental standards

Defra Secretary Michael Gove has rejected an EU proposal designed to prevent the UK from slashing environmental standards to gain a competitive advantage after Brexit.
Brexit Business Environment livestock Politics
Farmers to remain responsible for clearing fly-tipped waste

Farmers to remain responsible for clearing fly-tipped waste

Farmers are to remain responsible for clearing up rubbish illegally dumped on their land despite calls for a change in the law, Environment Minister Therese Coffey has confirmed.
arable Business Environment livestock Politics Rural crime
Environmental watchdog should be ‘jointly owned’ by all four UK nations

Environmental watchdog should be ‘jointly owned’ by all four UK nations

The new environmental watchdog Defra Secretary Michael Gove has promised to set up will be more robust if it is ‘designed and owned jointly’ by all four nations of the UK, according to a new report.
Brexit Environment Politics Scotland Wales
Thousands of farmers must take land out of ag use to keep rivers healthy

Thousands of farmers must take land out of ag use to keep rivers healthy

Thousands of farmers will need to take part of their land out of agricultural use to keep rivers healthy, according to a new report.
arable Beef Brexit Business dairy Environment Funding livestock Politics sheep
Farmers abandoning agri-environment schemes could be denied future cash

Farmers abandoning agri-environment schemes could be denied future cash

Farmers who abandon agri-environment schemes and return their land to food production should be unable to apply for cash under any future agricultural policy, MPs have been told.
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Committee recommends stripping Defra of ‘rural affairs’ responsibilities

Committee recommends stripping Defra of ‘rural affairs’ responsibilities

A House of Lords Committee has recommended Defra be stripped of its ‘rural affairs’ responsibilities, such as housing, to allow it focus on its farming, food and environmental remit.
arable Business dairy Environment farm life Funding Housing livestock Politics Rural Development
Vote on full neonics ban could be postponed again

Vote on full neonics ban could be postponed again

A group of almost 90 MEPs has written to the European Commission to complain that a vote on a full neonicotinoids ban due to take place this week could be postponed again.
arable Arable Farming Business Crop protection Environment Neonicotinoids Politics
Mass release of sky lanterns sparks further calls for nationwide ban

Mass release of sky lanterns sparks further calls for nationwide ban

Farmers in the area have blasted The Lights Fest sky lantern event over risk to their land and livestock.
Ban sky lanterns Beef Campaigns dairy Environment equestrian farm life Farm safety livestock Pig poultry Rural crime sheep
Defra to transfer delivery of agri-environment schemes to the RPA

Defra to transfer delivery of agri-environment schemes to the RPA

Defra is to transfer delivery of the Countryside Stewardship (CS) scheme from Natural England to the Rural Payments Agency (RPA), Farmers Guardian has learnt.
arable Brexit Business dairy Environment Funding livestock Politics
Make the whole of the UK an NVZ, top professor tells MPs

Make the whole of the UK an NVZ, top professor tells MPs

A top professor has encouraged MPs to designate the whole of the UK as a Nitrate Vulnerable Zone.
Beef Business dairy Environment livestock Pig Politics poultry
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