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Electricity infrastructure projects require rights over farms and other land, impacting owners, tenants, users and their businesses. All their interests must be properly recognised when undertaking ...
Farmers and land managers currently in Higher Level Stewardship (HLS) agreements will see increased payment rates from December 2025, following a long-awaited announcement from DEFRA aimed at aligning ...
A farm near Wickham is causing a buzz in the countryside after introducing 25 new hives of bees to boost their soft fruit harvest. Westlands Farm, in Shedfield, has brought in the 25 hives of Honey ...
It is now less than one month until the popular NSA Sheep South West event returns providing a packed day of networking and entertainment for sheep producers from across South West England and beyond.
BASIS has named Amy Watkins, Sustainability and Environmental Services Manager at Agrii, as the winner of the 2024 Barrie Orme Shield, sponsored by BASF, awarded for her exceptional performance during ...
The dry spring of 2025 is likely to have caused damage to many crops across the UK, with some regions facing severe moisture stress and declining yield potential, according to the latest report from ...
Recent rainfall will bring some relief to grass growth after a prolonged dry and near record-breaking hot spring, but concerns remain over grazing quality and quantity so farmers are being advised to ...
Boehringer Ingelheim has demonstrated that vaccinating pigs with its FLEXcombo® vaccine, which controls Porcine Circovirus Type 2 (PCV2) and Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae (Mhp) not only improves pig ...
Farmers and landowners have been key contributors to a groundbreaking initiative that has planted five million trees across Britain’s countryside, helping to combat climate change and transform the ...
The Farmers’ Union of Wales (FUW) has welcomed the progression of the Dogs (Protection of Livestock) (Amendment) Bill to the next stage of Parliamentary scrutiny, following its successful passing of ...
Responding to DEFRA's announcement that Higher-Level Stewardship (HLS) payment rates will increase to bring them closer to the Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier (CSHT) and Sustainable Farming ...
Scientists will work on new ways to tackle a disease that causes significant crop losses worldwide, including blight in potatoes, thanks to a new research grant. Aberystwyth University’s Institute of ...