Sustainable Farming

Farming groups have reacted with anger following decisions to ban meat products from council and school menus.

A row has broken out following the decision to create a commemorative woodland on prime Welsh farmland

Northern Ireland’s Agriculture Minister, Edwin Poots, has vowed to seek an exemption for agriculture from the country’s planned net zero by 2050 target.

Proponents of a large-scale move to organic farming in the UK have been issued with a warning as new research showed an EU switch is set to slash crop yields.

Industry has slammed ‘biased’ research which claims ending animal agriculture and planting trees on the empty fields is the ‘best and most immediate chance’ to slow climate change.

More than 2,200 claims under the Welsh Government’s Glastir Entry, Advance, Commons and Organic were paid in January 2022, totalling £26.2 million. 

Industry has slammed biased research which claims ending animal agriculture and planting trees on the empty fields is the best and most immediate chance to slow climate change.

Duncan Parker is determined that his farming objectives will continue primarily as a food producer whilst embracing new payment systems and working towards net zero.

Cold calling tactics employed by land agents to seek out farmland for tree planting and boost non-farming investors’ green credentials has left rural communities feeling threatened. 

A new campaign is aiming to signpost farmers and landowners to woodland creations grants and free specialist advice. Hannah Binns spoke to Forestry Commission chief executive Richard Stanford about it.