Environmental

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. 

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.  

Controversial plans for a huge solar farm to be built on the Cambridgeshire-Suffolk border have just been approved by the new secretary of state for energy. 

A family-run farm from the Ceredigion area of Wales has been found guilty of an environmental crime after the catastrophic collapse of their slurry store polluted local waterways. The farm owners were ordered to pay over £13,000 in fines. 

Landowners Phil and Chelsea had been looking for the perfect woodland to buy – but the MOREwoods scheme by the Woodland Trust enabled them to plant their own instead.

Farmers have expressed concern over the potential purchase of a dairy farm for a rewilding project by Dorset Council.

A Welsh wildlife photographer has been fined for disturbing a honey buzzard nest without a licence. 

If you’re thinking about retiring, but the kids aren’t ready to take over, Amberside Energy says you can ‘skip a generation’ and achieve long-term revenue with a solar farm.

The Regen Dairy Project has just announced the launch of a free online training course for farmers wanting to start a regenerative dairy journey.

A dairy farming duo from the Isle of Man, David and Rob Cooil, scooped a major international award for their “outstanding commitment” to conservation within a commercial business. 

Colchester City Council is inviting landowners to propose land within the Colchester district for offsite biodiversity net gain (BNG).