Climate Change

Tenant farmers Haydn and Julia Mathias, who run an organic sucker herd said their income is set to drop by about 75 per cent next year

The post has since been deleted as the Dartmoor National Park Authority said it ‘did not reflect the views of the authority’, but read: “Let the battle begin, woodland areas vs open moorland? Which side are you on?”

Red Tractor’s future, the value of quality assurance for British farmers and whether digital grain passports will be given the green light were top of the agenda as FG’s chief reporter Rachael Brown sat down with AHDB chairman Nicholas Saphir

Proposals were announced which included cutting livestock numbers to meet 2030 targets

Unions and farmers have been left feeling frustrated after a new environmental module has been imposed on them by Red Tractor without scrutiny. The 'Greener Farms Commitment' is set to be introduced in April 2024

Tenant Farmers Association said the Sturdy family's story sends out a crucial message to all other developers that they cannot treat tenant farmers as 'merely collateral damage'

Speaking at the Plaid Cymru conference, the FUW president said if all current Welsh emissions were to be offset by tree planting, this would require an area around twice the size of Wales to be planted with trees

Many in the industry were concerned the changes would open up the opportunity for other industries to be complacent. But the reaction was not all negative, with the industry welcoming the PM's announcement to rule out a meat tax

The chief executive of Organic Farmers & Growers believed organic growers could receive up to a 50 per cent increase compared to historic BPS rates

Defra was probed on a specific date in autumn in which the online checker would open, but failed to give one. They said they were preparing to launch round two of the scheme and guidance would be issued soon