Farming

 12-year-old William Sayers lost his arm William Sayers © Richard Stanton William Sayers was 12 years old when he lost his arm in an accident on the family farm in

FOOD SHORTAGES ARE AROUND THE CORNER AS FOOD PRICED OUT OF MOST POCKETS AND CHEAP MEAT A DISTANT MEMORY ——————————————————————————– Agriculture – Jonathan Huntley, sheep and cattle farmer The lambs

WHERE WILL FAMILY FARMS END UP ? —————————————————————————————– Era of cheap food ‘must end’ News12 Nov 2021Alex Black Farmers consider leaving the industry as input costs put pressure on margins

Chinese scientists hail breakthrough that could produce large quantities of animal feed from industrial gas and reduce dependence on soybean imports Researchers say the process could be a ‘carbon revolution’

  Share This Farming must not become methane emissions ‘scapegoat’ It comes after the UK signed a Global Methane Emissions pledge at COP26 in Glasgow on Tuesday November 2, with

NINE CHILDREN BUT HAS AMANDA “WALKED” OUT ON THEM ?- UPDATED…. External October 24, 2021 2:03 am Lifestyle HAS AMANDA SWAPPED OUR YORKSHIRE FARM, CLIVE AND NINE CHILDREN FOR THE BRIGHT

With the United Nations holding a major food summit in New York today, it seemed a good time to zoom in on one individual farm to see how agriculture is

© Ti Brexit policy has dragged British farming into a “race to the bottom” on food standards, according to speakers at an NFU-sponsored fringe meeting at the Liberal Democrats’ party

AND NOT ONLY DARTMOOR – ALSO THE PENNINE DALES…. ———————————————————————————————– Destocking on Dartmoor has created unmanageable ‘jungle’ News14 Sep 2021 Destocking on Dartmoor has led to molinia (purple moor grass)

© Tim Scrivener THE GOOD SEED ON THE LAND – THE FARMING YEAR STARTS AGAIN TO BRING YOU YOUR DAILY BREAD- NB – rejuvenating means more than greening

THEY ISOLATE GREEN MONKEY DISEASE YET KILL TB CONTACTS IN DUMB ANIMALS- EVEN THOSE NOT DESTINED FOR THE FOOD CHAIN OR BREEDING —————————————————————————————— Geronimo postmortem results negative for TB, say

Weather woes hit potato crop News 04 Sep 2021 Cedric Porter Graeme Skinner, independent potato agronomist and director of Provenance Potatoes, said it had been one of the most difficult

Our Yorkshire Farm is Channel 5’s most successful factual programme ever……- WELL BROUGHT UP CHILDREN MAKE GOOD LIFE TIME EXAMPLES- If you say that someone, especially a child, is well-brought-up,

LIVESTOCK TRAVELLING FURTHER FROM LESS MARKETS TO SLAUGHTER HOUSES ———————————————————————————————— Trade deals set to hit UK with fresh wave of abattoir closures News 29 Aug 2021 Abi Kay Trade deals

THERE ARE ONLY THREE WAYS OF GETTING INTO FARMING- MATRIMONY, PATRIMONY AND PARSIMONY- TELL TO LEVITT WE CANNOT EAT THE ENVIRONMENT- THAT THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS INORGANIC FARMING-

Rural crime costs falls to its lowest annual level in five years totalling £43.3m News 03 Aug 2021 Hannah Binns Despite the Covid-19 pandemic seeing a 20.3 per cent fall

MORE STRESS ON MAN, BEAST & ROAD TRANSPORT —————————————— Almost 60 per cent of small abattoirs set for closure in next five years News 29 Jul 2021 Abi Kay More

GYS 2021:- GREAT YORKSHIRE SHOW News16 Jul 2021 Hannah Binns As part of its consumer-focused marketing strategy, British Wool has launched an e-commerce website, selling an array of wool-rich clothing,

BETTER MECHANISATION AND MANAGEMENT PRODUCE MORE ————————————————————————- Agricultural expansion in Gia Lai adds value to products, increases farmers’ incomes Update: July, 03/2021 – 08:31 |   An organic pepper orchard in Gia

The family of Lino Reyes are Mixtec migrants from San Martin Peras in Oaxaca. He and his wife work in the strawberry fields, and live in the garage of a

BREXIT – FRENCH FISHING OUT OF ALL UK WATERS – DEVELOP THE BRITISH FISHING INDUSTRY SEND IN THE GENERATORS MAKE REPARATION DEMANDS FOR WW2  STICK   ————————————————————————————————-   UK sends

AS MOST FOOD COMES FROM FARMS – FARMING IS MORE THAN A “RURAL AFFAIR”. “DEFRA” – “DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND RURAL AFFAIRS” MUST GIVE WAY TO A “MINISTRY OF

Sewage dumped in rivers sparks farmers’ fury News16 Apr 2021 Farm groups in England and Wales have called on their Governments to carry out investigations after water companies were caught

BLAME A LACK OF GOVERNMENT INTEREST IN FOOD PRODUCTION AND THEREFORE SUPPORT- FOOD DOESN’T ONLY GROW ON TREES- MOST FOOD COMES FROM FARMS AND FARMING IS MORE THAN A “RURAL

British Wool to restructure after pandemic hits hard News05 Jan 2021Alex Black Four grading depots are to close next season   Alex Black Alex is business reporter at Farmers Guardian

Pulse Trawling   Pulse trawling (also known as electro trawling and electric pulse trawling) is a technologically advanced – and highly controversial – method of commercial fishing which has only

Livestock farmers more likely to have voted leave in EU referendum, research finds News29 Dec 2020Abi Kay Livestock farmers are more likely than their arable counterparts to have voted leave

Fishing has always been an emotional issue in the UK’s relationship with the European Union, and it’s no surprise that it is one of the final outstanding issues in the

  £1.6bn subsidies for owning land in England to end, with funds going to improve nature The wealthiest landowners – those receiving payments over £150,000 a year – will face

‘This week’s spending review will do nothing to boost economic growth in the countryside’ – Chancellor delivers spending review News25 Nov 2020 Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s spending review included a rise