Jim Paice, farming Minister, has defended Government plans for a badger cull in the face of fierce criticism of the proposed policy from Opposition MPs.
The Farmer's Guardian reports that MPs repeatedly clashed over the scientific justification and humaneness of the proposed cull in England during a headted debate in the House of Commons yesterday (Tuesday).
Labour MP Mary Glindon, who led the debate, claimed the policy was not...
The largest independent dairy in the North East, Lanchester Dairies, is under new ownership after the company's entire shareholding was acquired by two of its four founders, Billy and Julie Austin.
The Austins are now sole shareholders of the dairy, based in Lanchester, Co Durham, after buying out co-owners Geoff and Sandra Austin, with whom they founded the dairy business as a diversification from the family dairy farm in 1992.
...The Welsh Government's decision to abolish the Less Favoured Area payment top-up within its new environment management scheme will result in farmers in these areas losing 20% of their subsidy, according to a report in the Farmers Weekly.
The decision, which will affect nearly 80% of agricultural land in Wales, means that for the first time in more than 60 years, Wales has no scheme specific to areas with more challenging farming...
A farming company in Fife has been fined £20,000 after an employee became entangled in machinery inside a grain reception pit.
Heavy rain at R Todd & Company's Blacketyside Farm had caused the pit to fill with about 12 inches of water. Farmworker Peter Ednie was trying to empty the water when his foot got caught in the unsheathed part of a screw auger inside the pit and although it was switched off it had not been...
Johann Tasker writes in the Farmers Weekly that farmers who refuse to adopt 'green' measures planned by Brussels will lose far more than the expected 30% of their annual subsidy cheque.
Apparently proposals unveiled this week suggested 30% of direct payments would depend on farmers respecting certain agricultural practices including maintaining permanent pasture and cultivating at least three different crops on arable land.
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A report in the Farmer's Weekly suggests that the cautionary approach to GM crop production by the Welsh has been undermined by sales of imported meat from animals fed by modified soya.
The Women’s Food and Farming event in Aberystwyth, heard criticism from beef producers who said Welsh family farms could not compete with the cheap imports.
One of the farmers, Karen Bellis, who runs 130 suckler cows and 130 sheep near...
A report in the Farmer's Weekly suggests that the cautionary approach to GM crop production by the Welsh has been undermined by sales of imported meat from animals fed by modified soya.
The Women’s Food and Farming event in Aberystwyth, heard criticism from beef producers who said Welsh family farms could not compete with the cheap imports.
One of the farmers, Karen Bellis, who runs 130 suckler cows and 130...
A report in the Farmer's Weekly suggests that the cautionary approach to GM crop production by the Welsh has been undermined by sales of imported meat from animals fed by modified soya.
The Women’s Food and Farming event in Aberystwyth, heard criticism from beef producers who said Welsh family farms could not compete with the cheap imports.
One of the farmers, Karen Bellis, who runs 130 suckler cows and 130 sheep near...
The NFU have warned that changes to the way in which farmers receive their single farm payment are likely to be delayed beyond the European Commission's 2014 deadline for CAP reform.
Maeve Whyte, director of the NFU's Brussels office, said debate about what the proposals will look like was still going ahead between leaders in Europe – despite the plans being formally unveiled by European farm commissioner Dacian Ciolos on...
Supermarket giant Sainsbury's has announced plans to double the amount of British food it sells by 2020. The target is part of its '20 by 20 Sustainability Plan' which sets out 20 sustainability targets to be achieved over the next nine years, including water stewardship, cutting relative carbon emissions by 65% and increasing sales of fair trade products to £1 billion.
It also wants all meat, poultry, eggs, game and dairy...
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