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Wet weather drives food security up the political agenda

Months of relentless rain has moved food security right up the political agenda and put farmers in a stronger position with policymakers, according to former Climate Change Committee chairman and…

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Makita 40V pressure washer allows cordless cleaning

Cleaning needn’t be confined to the yard with the latest HW001G cordless pressure washer from Makita. Power is provided by a single 40V XGT battery, but there are slots to…

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Scots farmers condemn delays to sea eagle management aid

Scottish sheep farmers and crofters have criticised delays in essential funding for mitigation measures against white-tailed eagle predation. The Scottish government is so far refusing to allow NatureScot to release…

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NFU Scotland welcomes move to scrap 2030 climate target

NFU Scotland has welcomed an announcement by Scottish government to scrap plans to cut carbon emissions by 75% by 2030. In an update to Holyrood on Thursday 18 April, energy…

STAFF MANAGEMENT

Farmers warned to check salaries exceed the minimum wage

Farmer employers who pay their staff a salary rather than an hourly wage are at risk of being fined if they are found to be paying less than the national…

WEED MANAGEMENT

Less common weeds threaten cereal yields

Farmers are facing a further threat to winter cereal yields from high populations of less common weeds this spring. The lack of autumn residual herbicides applied in some areas, wetter…

NEWS

Farm minister pledges to complete mental health training

Defra farming minister Mark Spencer has pledged to undertake rural charity the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution’s (Rabi) accredited mental health training, lending his support to a new year-long campaign to…

Top stories

FARM POLICY

Wet weather drives food security up the political agenda

Months of relentless rain has moved food security right up the political agenda and put farmers in a stronger position with policymakers, according to former Climate Change Committee chairman and…

TOOLS

Makita 40V pressure washer allows cordless cleaning

Cleaning needn’t be confined to the yard with the latest HW001G cordless pressure washer from Makita. Power is provided by a single 40V XGT battery, but there are slots to…

NEWS

Scots farmers condemn delays to sea eagle management aid

Scottish sheep farmers and crofters have criticised delays in essential funding for mitigation measures against white-tailed eagle predation. The Scottish government is so far refusing to allow NatureScot to release…

NEWS

NFU Scotland welcomes move to scrap 2030 climate target

NFU Scotland has welcomed an announcement by Scottish government to scrap plans to cut carbon emissions by 75% by 2030. In an update to Holyrood on Thursday 18 April, energy…

STAFF MANAGEMENT

Farmers warned to check salaries exceed the minimum wage

Farmer employers who pay their staff a salary rather than an hourly wage are at risk of being fined if they are found to be paying less than the national…

WEED MANAGEMENT

Less common weeds threaten cereal yields

Farmers are facing a further threat to winter cereal yields from high populations of less common weeds this spring. The lack of autumn residual herbicides applied in some areas, wetter…

NEWS

Farm minister pledges to complete mental health training

Defra farming minister Mark Spencer has pledged to undertake rural charity the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution’s (Rabi) accredited mental health training, lending his support to a new year-long campaign to…

TRANSITION

Securing a sustainable future for your farm business

GRASSLAND MANAGEMENT

Tenant farmers in England will be able to apply for “many more actions” under Defra’s expanded 2024 Sustainable Farming Inventive (SFI) offer from this summer, the farming minister has said.…

 

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