Environment

Winter rainfall will not be enough to prevent further drought measures being implemented beyond spring 2023, the Environment Agency has warned.

A new automated fodder-growing system could be available to UK farms in the near future if prototype funding is secured.

Regenerative farming is built on multiple interactions within a highly biodiverse system, but how do you manage this complexity? Jez Fredenburgh reports.

Tenant farmers must be given full, independent access to all Government schemes and incentives if the sector is to thrive in a future agricultural landscape, according to the Rock Review which has been published today.

Arla Foods has announced a 500 million (439m) sustainability incentive to reward its farmers owners for current and future environmental work.

Farmers are being urged to continue to monitor on-farm water abstraction in a bid to prevent a repeat of this year’s water shortage, the Environment Agency (EA) has announced.

Rural campaigners have welcomed news that the Government is considering a rethink regarding land that can be made available for solar farms.

A number of agricultural bodies have sent a joint letter to International Trade Minister Kemi Badenoch demanding that a set of core standards relating to food, animal welfare and the environment be established ahead of any further trade deals.

A Norfolk abattoir has been fined £300,000 after residents claimed they could not leave their homes owing to the stench of decaying poultry.

Rural campaign body CPRE has warned that a return to fracking risks ‘breaking the countryside’ and ‘further hammering’ rural communities already hit hard by the cost of living crisis.