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With subsidy payments for farmers set to end this year, the Welsh government has announced the launch of an interim agri-environment scheme from 1st January 2024 to provide alternative support until the start of the proposed Sustainable Farming Scheme in 2025.

A two-year feasibility study led by crop research organisation NIAB is set to explore the potential for domestic chickpea production, which could further reduce fertiliser reliance in the UK arable sector.

Now there are easy ways to assess the potential of your farm for a range of future uses, explains Addland.

As Farm Safety Week gets underway, farmers are being reminded to perform vital tyre checks on agricultural machinery to maintain safety on farmland and rural roads.

In support of Yellow Wellies’ eleventh Farm Safety Week, the NFU has launched its ‘Take 5 to Stay Alive’ campaign encouraging farmers to pause and evaluate the risks before starting a job to prevent life-changing and fatal accidents.

After lengthy negotiations, the UK has officially joined 11 other member states in the vast Indo-Pacific trade group last Sunday (16th July), which farming groups say will open up new markets for British food exporters and potentially increase the trade of red meat and dairy on the long term.

With farming having the poorest safety record of any occupation in the UK and Ireland, the charity behind the annual Farm Safety Week campaign launching today (17th July) is reminding everyone involved in the sector to take personal responsibility for making farms a safe place to work.

Companies in the British meat industry are having to pay £10,000-£15,000 in one-off costs to source workers from as far afield as Asia, pushing up food prices, as labour shortages continue to be a major challenge for the sector, the British Meat Processors Association (BMPA) has revelaed.

Farmers in Northern Ireland are being urged to increase security in their farmyards and fields as harvest approaches due to a recent upsurge in global positioning systems (GPS) thefts reported by authorities.

Following the rural affairs minister’s statement on the development of the Sustainable Farming Scheme (SFS) this Tuesday (11th July), NFU Cymru expressed disappointment over new tree planting targets that is says will be a “very real barrier” to uptake among farmers.

South London-based Gypsy Hill has become the first brewery in the world to create carbon negative beer without offsetting emissions by combining innovative brewing techniques with barley grown using regenerative farming methods.

Farmers and landowners in England can now run pop-up campsites for up to 60 days per year without the need to apply for additional planning permission, which Pitchup.com said could offer a lifeline to struggling rural communities.