Livestock sustainability consultant Prof Jude Capper raised concerns over the children's book and its 'oversimplified' portrayal of livestock farming and its role to play in climate change
With Defra targets of increasing agroforestry to 10 per cent of all arable land by 2050, farmers are concerned about the finances and practicality of this for the farm business
The Rhug farm estate near Corwen aims to reach net zero across all business operation in the future
The Tenant ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã Association have told the ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã they have found themselves ‘regularly advising their members', who are faced with the prospect of losing land from their farm tenancies, where landlords have expressed an interest to divert land away from farming
Longmynd farms have named the triplets Nicole, Erica and Jacyln
Silage results look to be reflective of the variable weather conditions and indicate precise rationing will be key to maintain intakes
A tenant farmer on the Cornwall Council Estate, who wished to remain anonymous, felt they were being treated as a ‘commodity' rather than a valued farmer, adding that local authorities should be more empathetic towards their tenant
Recently the ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã reported on a Wales civil service document which claimed ‘big emissions numbers in the Welsh agricultural inventory will always come from ruminants' and that ‘the elephant in the room is always livestock numbers'
A ringside round up of livestock results from this year's Dumfries Show
Agriculture's much-loved campaign kicked off in spectacular fashion at 5am, August 3 as thousands of farmers took to their digital channels to highlight their role as the nation's most trusted food producers and guardians of our beautiful countryside