Month: January 2025

The Investment Fund is one of the ways through which profitability and environmental good can be achieved. In this post, I’ll give an overview of the fund, ahead of its launch in the autumn. Simply put, The Investment Fund is divided in two. One part of the fund awards grants of lower value and the other part awards grants of …

is about more than just crops – it generates money in a myriad of ways. Our farms do much more than provide us all with food – they also boost our overall financial prosperity. For every £1 invested in here, £7.40 is delivered back into the economy. And the rolling fields of also help the attract £21 …

Wed 4 Jan 2023 10.46 EST. Last modified on Thu 5 Jan 2023 11.31 EST. Just 224 farmers in England were paid under the government’s flagship post-Brexit nature-friendly scheme last …

A new investigation commissioned by Compassion in World reveals a shocking 20% increase in the number of US-style megafarms – large-scale intensive units – compared with 2016 figures. The full picture of all the factory data has been pulled together into an interactive map, launched today (13th February).

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The is about 75% self-sufficient in poultry (according to figures published by the and Horticulture Development Board in 2018, although little recent data has been made available …

The , renowned for its rich heritage and diverse agricultural industry, has long been a coveted destination for enthusiasts worldwide. –Advertisement– What makes it even more attractive is the rising number of farms ready to offer visa sponsorship.

– is the growing and harvesting of crops or rearing animals for food or raw materials. Farmer – A farmer is a person who grows and harvests crops or rears animals for food or raw materials. Livestock – Livestock means the animals (but not birds) that are farmed. – is the science and practice of …

28 March 2024. fibres. High yields in flax trials looking to revive Scotland’s linen industry. Scottish farmers have successfully grown new nature-friendly varieties of fibre flax with yields double the industry standard and no use of artificial fertilisers, in a bid to restore Scotland’s lost linen industry.

is one of the oldest professions in the world. And in the , the people who are a part of a rapidly ageing workforce.Four in ten British farmers are over 65, while the average age is 59.

2:49. Britain’s , truck driving and bed & breakfast industries are among the most reliant on a silver-flecked workforce on the brink of retirement, putting them at risk of future …

Futures R&D Fund one: climate smart . Projects: Aganalyst Limited (£2,805,642) From nitrogen use efficiency to profitability; Genus Plc (£2,088,660) Climate smart beef genetics: innovative approaches to the reduce environmental impact of the beef supply chain; Futures R&D Fund two: sustainable -based protein …

For the candidates who wish to on their own account, land prices pose a challenge. Farmland values have risen by 22% since the start of the recession from £7,400 an acre to £9,000 an acre now .

London, United Kingdom, August 4th, 2021 – Infarm, the world’s fastest-growing urban company, has signed a contract for a new Growing Centre in Bedford which will measure 9,760 sqm in size, offering more than 5500 sqm of growing space in Infarm’s cloud-connected units. When fully equipped, the units – each occupying 25 sqm of …

All the latest agricultural news for the arable and livestock sectors across the . Keep up up-to-date with policy from Defra and the devolved governments, agricultural subsidies …

Achieving Sustainable Agricultural Systems (ASSIST) is a long-term national capability, jointly funded by Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) and Natural Environment Research Council (NERC). The programme develops innovative systems that maintain or increase productivity and resilience to future disturbances.

The shift towards megafarms is not inevitable or necessary. Defra has included some measures to support ecological and human-scale , such as a nod towards reducing pesticide use, and a …

1) Enabling cross-sector action. Throughout 2023 and 2024, Growing our Future is bringing together food system actors in focused collaborative working sessions. These will be in person wherever possible, alongside other major events in the food and calendar, and geographically dispersed, to engage actors across the nations.

Diddly Squat lies between Chipping Norton and Chadlington in Oxfordshire. It is in the northern tip of the Cotswolds. “It is a perfectly average really,” Jeremy told us. “1,000 acres, a few sheep, wheat, barley, rape. We wanted to say ‘this is what it’s like ’ [with the new show] and that’s what we’ve tried to do.”

Last modified on Thu 7 Jan 2021 13.16 EST. Farmers in the ’s devolved administrations are facing substantial cuts to their income as a result of Brexit, which could imperil their ability to …

Numerous factors have challenged the agricultural sector of late. The decreasing number of farmers, along with other socio-political and economic instability, can crash the industry entirely. However, the government is working towards solving these issues and the future of seems somewhat promising despite the current …