Sustainable Farming

Farming organisations have been giving their thoughts on the Government’s latest ELM scheme announcement

The Government has announced a raft of changes to its Environmental Land Management Schemes in a bid to encourage more farmers to sign-up.

Work being done by UK farmers to monitor farmland bird numbers and improve biodiversity should be recognised and celebrated, according to the founder of the country’s biggest farmland bird count.

Scotland’s woodland is worth almost 100 million a year for its help to prevent flooding, according to a new study.

Scotlands woodland is worth almost £100 million a year for its help to prevent flooding, according to a new study.

Jon Davies, director of RSK Wilding, explains why we should ignore any polarising rhetoric around farming and wildlife and get on with creating an agricultural landscape that is sustainable, biodiverse and productive.

Increasing the amount of meat substitutes eaten in processed products is likely to have ‘perverse’ environmental consequences, according to a top professor.

Farmers have become pioneers in providing nature based solutions to climate and biodiversity challenges but financial incentives have to stack up if more businesses are to follow suit.

High costs, economic turmoil and extreme weather were all features of 2022 that are set to feature again in 2023