Woodland could become a source of income


The Woodland Carbon Code (WCC), which is a Government scheme aimed at verifying the amount of CO2 captured by new ...

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Fund to stamp out BVD


Farming Minister George Eustice has announced a £5.7 million funding package to help farmers tackle the highly infectious cattle disease ...

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Pig prices rising


Seasonal trends, including summer barbeques, has increased the demand for pig meat and this has driven meat prices higher. Continue ...

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UK farmers could be at risk from trade deals


A new report has found that the UK’s food system could be put at risk if trade deals post-Brexit result ...

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Direct payments to be capped


The European Union (EU) has proposed a cap of €100,000 (£87,000) on direct payments to farmers in the UK, under ...

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Brexit objectives must be defined


Leaders from the UK food and farming sectors have united to sign a manifesto setting out the principles that can ...

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Billions lost in unclaimed VAT


It has been estimated that around one fifth of businesses are losing out on huge sums of money in unclaimed ...

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Productivity improving on UK farms


Recent figures from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) suggests that productivity on UK farms improved significantly ...

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Calls to eradicate ‘not-spots’


A group of 56 MPs from a number of different parties have called on the Government to improve rural connectivity ...

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BPS online


More and more farmers are switching to making Basic Payment Scheme applications online, and more than 88 per cent of ...

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