Industry Insight from Ethical Corporation Magazine, a part of Thomson Reuters. August 6 - The UK’s new Labour government has come in with a big to-do list on climate policy and net zero, and it’s not ...
Britain has faced one of its toughest farming years in decades, with heat and drought causing huge damage to the country’s crops. The losses are estimated at more than £800 million, making this one of ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The death of farming Ashfield is one of those places politicians call “left behind”. Once a mining area, this post-industrial ...
Privately-owned UK vertical farming business Jones Food Company has opened its second growing site for herbs and leafy greens. The so-called JFC2 project in Lydney, Gloucestershire, got off the ground ...
The rural life of rearing rare breed sheep and nurturing alpacas is a world away for many urban teenagers. Yet a British school near Liverpool has opened its pupils to a wealth of jobs in agriculture ...
BRITAIN’S ONE-PIG policy was a success. In 1955 the government endorsed an “improved bacon pig” to help revive the ailing pork industry. A few breeds competed for the role but the portly Large White, ...
In rural England, increasingly sophisticated farming equipment has become a target for thieves, adding to pressure on farming communities. By Stephen Castle Stephen Castle reported from the country ...
“There’s been lots and lots of chat about it, and now it’s happening,” says Nic Renison, a livestock farmer in Cumbria. What has happened is that agricultural subsidies in England have been pruned ...