The Government has set out a raft of legally binding targets, including a 40 per cent reduction in on-farm nitrogen and phosphorus pollutants and a 16.5 per cent increase in woodland cover, to help boost the natural environment.
Ministers have been accused of allowing England to free ride on Scotland and Wales to meet climate targets for farming.
Ministers have been accused of allowing England to ‘free ride’ on Scotland and Wales to meet climate targets for farming.
Rural communities are celebrating after the Government backed down on a series of planning issues that countryside groups claim would have a catastrophic effect on rural areas.
Does farming green mean farming in the red or black? From yields, to working capital and profitability, Jez Fredenburgh takes a look.
The Government is being urged to consider introducing a relaxed visa system that would see migrants placed in rural communities for a minimum of five years to combat depopulation and the growing skills shortage.
Prospects for a scalable, high-integrity market for farm?soil?carbon?have taken a step forward with the publication of minimum requirements for?soil?carbon?codes.
A crackdown on hare coursing led to more than 20 arrests in just one month, police in Lincolnshire have revealed.
Zoe Colville, also known as The Chief Shepherdess, is on a successful one-woman mission to show that #FarmingCAN. Liam Mooney reports.
Tress planted outside woodlands could be worth as much as £3.8 billion, a new Government study has claimed.