Sustainable Farming

With the red meat industry under the microscope on sustainability, Alex Black spoke to Dawn Meats’ Sarah Haire about their environmental commitments and why it was so important

Soil health should be considered a strategic asset, critical for maintaining not only food, but societal security.

The launch of the UK’s first School of Sustainable Food and Farming will seek to introduce regenerative farming methods to help British agriculture achieve its net zero goal. 

Soil health should be considered a strategic asset, critical for maintaining not only food, but societal security.

While most UK farmers are using agri-tech, many are doubtful of its ability to help them meet net zero targets, a nationwide survey by Agri-EPI Centre has revealed.

While most UK farmers are using agri-tech, many are doubtful of its ability to help them meet net zero targets, a nationwide survey by Agri-EPI Centre has revealed.

Two consultations on draft plans to improve England’s rivers were launched by the Environment Agency (EA).

Being at the mercy of the weather is nothing new for farmers – the drought of 1976 is still etched in many peoples’ memories, but there is no denying the seasons are becoming more extreme. But what does this mean for crops?

A new tool that will help assess the amount of carbon locked up in hedges is to be developed by the Allerton Research and Educational Trust (ARET). By Jonathan Wheeler

Ahead of COP26, Hannah Binns explored some of the ways the agricultural industry has adapted to farm climate-smarter.