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Olivia Midgley

Articles by Olivia Midgley

From the editor: 'Farmers cannot go on producing milk under the cost of production, spurred on solely by the hope of improvement'

Dairy

From the editor: 'Farmers cannot go on producing milk under the cost of production, spurred on solely by the hope of improvement'

This week from Farmers Guardian editor, Olivia Midgley (September 29)

clock 29 September 2023 • 2 min read
From the editor: 'A meat tax was never a policy in the first place - it's like saying I have cancelled my plans to stop eating steak' 

Blogs

From the editor: 'A meat tax was never a policy in the first place - it's like saying I have cancelled my plans to stop eating steak' 

This week from Farmers Guardian editor Olivia Midgley (September 22)

clock 25 September 2023 • 3 min read
Week 19 - Net Zero targets, Cop28, Sustainable Farming

Weekly Digest

Week 19 - Net Zero targets, Cop28, Sustainable Farming

clock 24 September 2023 • 3 min read
Farmers Guardian Farm Futures launches first exchange on topic of farm diversifications

Farm Futures

Farmers Guardian Farm Futures launches first exchange on topic of farm diversifications

Farmers Guardian’s first Farm Futures Exchange saw speakers with experience in various diversifications share their advice and top tips with Farm Futures members, as part of a digital roundtable.

clock 21 September 2023 • 3 min read
Government urged to legally protect dairy terms for both consumers and producers

Dairy

Government urged to legally protect dairy terms for both consumers and producers

UK politicians have been urged to follow EU law to ensure dairy terms are protected from manufacturers of plant-based products which trade under dairy names and use dairy values to sell products but ‘have very little in common with dairy at all’

clock 20 September 2023 • 2 min read
From the editor: 'no doubt the Government is on a charm offensive with the farming fraternity'

Politics

From the editor: 'no doubt the Government is on a charm offensive with the farming fraternity'

This week from Farmers Guardian editor Olivia Midgley (September 15)

clock 18 September 2023 • 2 min read
Week 18 - Farm Futures exchange, Defra news, SFI applications

Weekly Digest

Week 18 - Farm Futures exchange, Defra news, SFI applications

clock 17 September 2023 • 4 min read
Badger culling to continue in England as deadline scrapped

Farm Business

Badger culling to continue in England as deadline scrapped

Defra Secretary Therese Coffey made it clear she did not agree with her predecessor’s ‘arbitrary deadline’ on ending the badger cull

clock 13 September 2023 • 1 min read
Farmers could receive proportion of SFI payments by December

Funding

Farmers could receive proportion of SFI payments by December

Farmers who have secured Sustainable Farming Incentive agreements by the end of October will be paid a proportion of the monies by December

clock 12 September 2023 • 3 min read
Week 17 - NFU frustrated over SFI delays, Labour reshuffle, Farm Safety

Weekly Digest

Week 17 - NFU frustrated over SFI delays, Labour reshuffle, Farm Safety

clock 10 September 2023 • 3 min read