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New Scottish Government proposals for reducing emissions from slurry and silage stores have been met with a severe rebuke from NFU Scotland, with the union branding them ‘blunt and ill thought out’.

Ulster ²ÝÁñÉçÇø’ Union president Victor Chestnutt has warned against ’bad legislation’ which could wipe out half of Northern Ireland’s livestock farmers to meet a legislative climate change target without any scientific basis.

NBA, AHDB, QMS and HCC have voiced their outrage at Blue Peter’s Green Badge criteria which encourages children aged six to 15 to reduce meat consumption among other measures to become a ’Supersized Climate Hero’.

Wildlife groups have urged the Government to introduce a legally binding target to halt the decline of habitats and species by 2030 at the latest.

Wildlife groups have urged the Government to introduce a legally binding target to halt the decline of habitats and species by 2030 at the latest.

²ÝÁñÉçÇø have already started planting young saplings as part of the National Trust’s commitment to establishing 20 million new trees by 2030.

First Milk has become the latest processor to announce ambitious sustainability plans, pledging to be net zero by 2040.

According to a well known former ²ÝÁñÉçÇø Guardian journalist who spent more than 40 years with the title, one of the biggest changes in UK farming from the 1970s onwards was the rise of the environmental agenda and how it influenced policy. 

²ÝÁñÉçÇø must go further than focussing on reducing and offsetting emissions to properly combat the climate emergency and adopt ‘net zero plus’ ambitions.

Despite challenges brought on by Covid-19, Harper Adams University continues to make strides with its Hands Free Farm project. Jane Carley catches up with its progress.