Items Tagged 'Farming'

• Overuse of herbicides costing UK economy £400 million per year
• Government urged to make tackling climate and nature crises a top farming resolution
• Flagship Agriculture Bill moves a step forward
• Biodiversity yields financial returns
• Eustice unveils plans for future greener farming
• £1 million to support transition to future farming system
• ‘UK will need a new land army to feed the nation' says CLA
• Nature-friendly farming methods allow biodiversity to flourish at Wimpole
• Hundreds of farmers have their say on Government scheme with ‘thriving plants and wildlife’ topping results
• Farmers ‘score’ hay meadows as part of trial scheme
• Nature Means Business
• The Prince’s Countryside Fund receives £25,000 from the National Lottery to continue vital work
• Two decades of nature friendly farming see bird numbers soar more than ten times
• Government unveils path to sustainable farming from 2021
• NFU responds to Defra's agricultural transition roadmap
• New Government farming announcement will frustrate farmers and fail to help nature fast enough
• Gene editing creates potential to protect the nation’s environment, pollinators and wildlife
• Farming for Change
• Review looks at progress helping farmers and crofters deal with sea eagle impact
• Blaze of purple in Cornwall shows G7 greener future for UK farming
• Farmers help create ‘Virtual safe space’ to save bumblebees
• Study finds co-formulants used in commercial fungicide affects the health of bumblebees
• Birds, bees, and butterflies suffer as Brexit farming promises broken today
• Introducing Countryside Classroom
• Increased water pollution from farms will become common under climate change
• Nature-friendly farming group helps wildlife across 28% of their land – an area the size of more than 6000 football pitches
• Net zero farm ‘more productive, more profitable’
• Biodiversity recovery, clean water in the River Avon, and net zero farming by 2040 – new Environmental Farmers Group sets out its bold ambitions
• Wildlife Trust welcomes farmers’ response to new approaches to speeding up efforts to tackle nature and climate crisis
• UKRI awards more than £8m to innovative new farming concepts
• Government U-turn on promise to reform farming post-Brexit
• Government Food Strategy – read our initial response
• Farm for Scotland’s Future
• Food production, climate change and biodiversity ‘vital’ in Scotland’s future agricultural support regime
• Farmers help save critically endangered curlews in Severn and Avon Vale meadows
• Case studies in demand to highlight land and nature improvements
• Farmers move forward on Broads peat restoration partnership
• Green Alliance: Land of opportunity: a new land use framework to restore nature and level up Britain
• Is ELMS fit for purpose?
• Farming with trees across arable and grassland is key to the farming sector achieving net zero - new research shows
• The Future Of Food And Farming
• Thérèse Coffey: Farmers central to food production and environmental action
• Response to publication of Environmental Land Management policy
• ELMs – Defra announces long-awaited detail on actions for funding
• Cow Awareness Podcast
• Support for farmers to access investment to drive nature recovery
• New report celebrates Farming in Protected Landscapes
• Current conservation policies risk damaging global biodiversity, warn researchers
• Revolutionary 'Future Countryside' Conference Puts People at the Centre of Rural Policy
• Bats struggle during organic farming transition
• A Great Day Out
• New Welsh-English project to restore nature and boost rural prosperity across historic Marches
• Landmark report shows UK wildlife’s devastating decline
• Experts call for urgent action to save Welsh nature as new report reveals devastating decline in species
• Researchers help to highlight the true scale of UK’s nature loss
• Landmark hit in Welsh farmland sustainability with HCC’s biodiversity audit
• New study shows White-tailed Eagles in Scotland do not rely on lambs for food during the breeding season
• GWCT Big Farmland Bird Count – a barometer of the countryside
• Children's author Michael Morpurgo backs project bringing city children into nature and farming
• Government underlines commitment to British farmers
• Britons value farmers immensely but have no idea what they actually do, new research shows
• Nature-Friendly Farming: How producing food and protecting biodiversity must work together
• New report reveals that nature-friendly farming budget is inadequate to meet climate and nature targets
• Insect decline of 37% over 50 years shows support for farmers is crucial to biodiversity recovery
• Farmer-led badger vaccination could revolutionise mission to tackle bovine TB
• Organic September – why organic farming is important
• Proof is in the pasture: changing the narrative about animals and farming
• Manchester wetter farming trial receives funding to continue vital climate change work
• Sheep in conservation grazing
• Farmer and Entrepreneur – How to Achieve Biodiversity in the Commercial Sector?
• Nature-friendly farming budget escapes cuts but leaves Defra with important decisions to make
• Cuts raise questions over commitments to National Parks
• Introducing the Agroforestry Designer Toolkit: A New Tool for Sustainable Farming
• Farming as a key solution to environmental challenges
• Project aims to benefit net zero targets, soil health, biodiversity and agriculture
• New food security report out today shows Government must fast-track nature-friendly farming
• No nature, no farmers, no food!
• For peat’s sake: new project underway to support sustainable nature-friendly farming
• Overcoming prejudice and finding a community - being a woman in nature-friendly farming
• Long-term increase in how Scottish nature benefits people
• First Caroline Drummond Scholarship Supports Farming for Bumblebees Project
• Sea eagle management boost
• Environmentalists and farmers unite against hammer blow to nature and food security
• Farms vanishing around towns and cities, our new report reveals
• New wetter farming project brings together partners across Europe
• A bold new project to boost nature’s recovery
• Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority launches innovative farming programme
• ‘Agriculture is a great career for anyone who cares about green issues’ - Meet NFFN England manager Lottie Alves
• UK Government risk inflicting ‘hammer blow’ on the countryside, The Wildlife Trusts warn
• Positive news for wildlife-friendly farming, but Defra spending settlement still leaves challenges for nature recovery
• Waitrose backs British farmers to introduce low carbon farming projects
• New vision to get farming transition back on track
• Bruno the Brave – Orphaned baby hare’s incredible survival
• Huge impacts of UK pig and poultry farming revealed for first time
• Farmland loss threatens UK food security by 2050, new report warns
• Not adding up: new research shows UK is miles away from meeting 2030 goals
• Government takes action to protect bees from pesticides
• Tom Lloyd, Longmynd Commoner
• Strengthening our roots: Time to champion British Food Fortnight
• Splendid isolation – upland farming on the North York Moors
• Job Profile: Conservation Grazing Stockperson
• Job Profile: NFFN SE England Sustainable Farming Officer
• Work with soil, carbon and beyond in Agriculture
• Why Native British Breeds Belong on Your Plate in a Warming World
• Bringing farming and nature together - meet NFFN Cymru manager Rhys Evans
• Farmers need long-term support and certainty to continue providing sustainable food that helps to restore nature
• Scotland’s agriculture skills and funding ‘not fit for purpose’