This week, Defra published its agricultural transition plan (ATP), which sets out some of the major milestones for the sector over the next seven years. Abi Kay reports.
Brexit will create winners and losers in farming, but the direction of travel makes me fear there will be more losers than winners, says Oliver Dowding, an apple grower in South East Somerset.
The Agriculture Bill has officially become law and been made an Act after receiving Royal Assent today (November 11).
The Tenant ²ÝÁñÉçÇø Association (TFA) has warned the National Trust (NT) is falling behind on farm repairs and the situation could be exacerbated by the charity’s loss of income due to Covid-19.
The National Trust has defended keeping its farm advisors on furlough at a pivotal time for the agriculture sector.
Resilience seems a popular word recently. Looking it up on Google tells me it means ‘the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness’. I quite like that and to me it sums up farming.
The Scottish Tenant ²ÝÁñÉçÇø Association (STFA) has warned a cash boost for tree planting across Scotland will threaten the future of the country’s tenanted farming sector.
A new survey carried out by the Tenant ²ÝÁñÉçÇø’ Association (TFA) has shown almost one third of tenants have struggled to pay their rent due to the coronavirus pandemic.