Farming Today

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Farming Today

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28/03/24 - Scottish salmon exports, basalt dust and flax fishing nets

Farmed salmon was the UK’s most valuable food export in 2023, according to the HMRC, with £581...

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27/03/24 - ELMs change, leather and otters

The Government is placing a 25% cap on the amount of land farmers can take out of food...

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26/03/24 - London farmer protests, Scottish herring and hempcrete

Farmers have been gathering in London's Parliament Square to protest about what they feel is a...

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25/03/24 The value of British wool; septic tank crisis.

Why is wool so worthless for farmers? The price they get for a fleece barely covers the cost of...

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23/03/24 - Farming Today This Week: Universal credit, grouse moor licencing and shellfish

Some farmers who already rely on state benefits are being told they need to look for paid work...

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22/03/24 Licensing for Scottish grouse shoots, illegal waste dumping, oyster fishing on the Fal

The Wildlife and Muirburn Bill has passed through the Scottish Parliament and brings in the...

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21/03/24 - Universal Credit changes for farmers, mussel farming

Some farmers who already rely on state benefits are being told they need to look for paid work...

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20/03/24 - Shellfish deaths, incoming Welsh First Minister, waste wool and avian flu

Fishermen and wildlife are still feeling the impact nearly two and a half years after the mass...

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19/03/24 Farmer protests and EU concessions; Scampi; Special protection areas for wild birds; New national nature...

Spanish farmers in Madrid have held more protests, despite the European Commission announcing a...

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18/03/24 Forecast for farm incomes; Scottish land reform; Shellfish.

The government's farm business incomes forecast for this year makes grim reading: in England...

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16/03/24 Farming Today This Week: Badger culls, food labelling, religious slaughter

Badger culling could continue indefinitely in England under new government proposals which...

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15/03/24 - Welfare labelling, badger culling, cat gut strings and winter planting

Badger culling could continue indefinitely in England under new Government proposals which...

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14/03/24 Organised gangs and rural crime; Heritage crime and nighthawkers; Salmon feed from whisky byproducts.

The National Rural Crime Network is calling for an overhaul of the way rural crime is dealt with....

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13/03/24 Vet shortage, brewing by-product, lamb virus

A shortage of vets is currently affecting services across all aspects of public and private...

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12/03/24 River pollution from poultry farming; Chicken litter used to generate power; Ramadan lamb

The Soil Association, has called for a ban on any new intensive broiler farms being set up in the...

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11/03/24 Tree planting and agroforestry; Pesticides report; Fertiliser from byproducts.

The writer Michael Morpurgo and his wife Clare have long been advocates for helping young people...

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08/03/24 Farmer protests; Red Tractor / green tractor row; Learning to lamb.

The consultation on the Welsh Government's controversial Sustainable Farming Scheme has now...

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02/03/24 Welsh farmers' protest; UK rivers' health

Thousands of discontented farmers gathered outside the seat of the Welsh Government, the Senedd,...

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07/03/24 Spring budget and farming communities: Lambing

The government's spring budget is getting a lukewarm response from many in rural communities -...

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06/03/24 - Hedgerow rules, neonics and lambing

The Government has promised that hedgerows will continue to be protected, even though there’s...

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