In this week's Farmers Guardian podcast, online editor Emily Ashworth speaks to well-known dairy farmer Sophie Gregory
Organic milk has been produced at Lyegrove Farm, Gloucestershire, for almost two decades, with maximising milk from forage a main priority for Mike and Amanda Sainsbury
The organic dairy co-operative said the price increase for March had reflected a ‘sustained upturn’ in demand for organic milk
FarmED is a hive of activity, providing a space for both farmers and those outside it to come together and learn. Emily Ashworth meets some of those leading the initiative forwards
The support payments will be available to all fully-certified organic farmers, not just those who were part of the previous Glastir Organic Scheme. Applications for payments must be submitted by May 15 2024
Farmer Glenda Crawshaw said the Rural Affairs Minister was treating farmers ‘very poorly', criticising the lack of clarity over the future of organic funding
After a challenging year in the organic dairy sector, our chief reporter Rachael Brown takes a look at the prospect for the market going forward
Organic Farmers and Growers chief executive Roger Kerr said there was a ‘whole industry out there built around pesticides and fertilisers' which wants organic to fail, but organic is a ‘defined farming system that can deliver a ‘low carbon, nature-friendly, people-positive' food system
OF&G said a 'three fold increase' in organic land use area would reduce total agriculture-related greenhouse gas emissions equal to the carbon sequestered by third of million acres of broadleaved woodland
It was after the Minister, Lesley Griffiths was put on a spot at the NFU Cymru Conference by Welsh organic dairy farmer Haydn Evans who criticised the Welsh Government for providing a cliff edge in funding for organic farmers in Wales