Author Posts: Aleksandra Cupriak

A Wellington dairy farmer was given a suspended prison sentence and was ordered to pay £10,000 for allowing slurry to run into the Westford Stream. 

Tesco has announced its partnership with a Cheshire-based farm to trial a methane-reducing feed supplement for dairy cows. 

UKOPA’s latest Infringement Working Group report revealed that there were more than 800 infringements recorded along the UK’s network of buried pipelines last year. Each infringement could not only lead to prosecution or significant environmental damage but also put landowners and contractors at significant risk of harm or even death.  

After over forty years in business, a family-run agricultural engineering business, R C Setchfield Ltd, decided to close down its premises. 

As more and more farmers have started this year’s harvest, Farmers Guide issues the latest update from around the country. 

Northern Powergrid is celebrating Farm Safety Week by sharing vital safety messages that encourage farmers, farm workers and agricultural students to ‘Look Up It’s Live’ as well as by providing top tips on how to work together to stay safe when working near overhead power lines. 

This week marks Farm Safety Week. The annual campaign led and funded by the Farm Safety Foundation (Yellow Wellies) has been raising awareness of the many dangers of working in the farming industry. 

A wild herd of Cheviot goats from Northumberland has been added to a watch list of rare breeds. 

North Devon District Council’s motion to turn vegan received backlash from the local farming community. 

Choosing to grow a variety with built-in pod shatter resistance is one of the most important things farmers can do to protect OSR yields through to harvest and make the margins to keep oilseed rape profitable, said Limagrain’s expert. 

Dairy farmers making wholecrop silage from winter or spring cereals should choose the crop’s harvest date and percentage dry matter (%DM) content according to the farm’s needs, said silage specialist Peter Smith. 

Conrad Energy, a UK energy company that generates, buys, sells and manages energy, has announced the signing of a 25-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Belton Farm.