Climate Change

With sustainable food production in focus across the world, FG's chief reporter Rachael Brown heard from agri-tech leaders on the future of farming at the World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit

NFU president Tom Bradshaw said while the NFU response to the UK farm assurance review covers ‘some of the benefits' that assurance schemes offer, it also explains the ‘inescapable issues' that must be addressed

Tenant Farmers Association said it had been given reassurances from a senior Defra official last week that a decision was imminent

The Campaign for Wool, initiated by King Charles when he was Prince of Wales, aims to educate consumers throughout the Commonwealth about the benefits of wool

Defra says development of drought and disease resistant crops will help reduce costs for farmers

NFU president Tom Bradshaw said the union's response covers ‘some of the benefits' which farm assurance schemes provides, but it also covers the ‘inescapable issues' that must be addressed

The chair of Labour's Climate and Environment Forum Baroness Young said she hoped the ‘multi-functional' land use framework would be operationally ‘sustainable'

This marks The Crown Estate's first acquisition of a rural estate since 2014, and is part of its new rural strategy to create ‘long-term value for the industry'

Tenant Farmers Association chief executive George Dunn said it was a ‘huge frustration' that after years of ‘financial mismanagement' by Peterborough City Council it has decided to get rid of a ‘significant area' of its farms estate

Free online platform reveals results of annual Survey of Crop Pests and Diseases since 1970