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Average farm incomes rose by a third
Defra reports that total income from UK farming increased by over a third last year to £3.46 bn in its summary of commercial farming last year. Despite higher input costs, including fuel,...
Chatsworth hosts FARMA
Chatsworth Farmshop hosts an event for the national Farmers Market group on 11 February giving tips on how to be successful after winning two prestigious FARMA awards in 2008 - farm...
Get to grips with NVZs
A 'Green Futures 2009 Seminar'  takes place at The Blue Bell Inn, Buxton Road, Tissington, Ashbourne on 4 February 2009 at 11 am.  It'll give landowners chance to learn all about the new...
Guide to green farming
Defra annouced that its latest Code of Good Agricultual Practice has been updated and is available online.  It offers free best practice advice for farmers to protect and  enhance water,...
EU pesticides ban
The Soil Association's latest press release dismissed as nonsense claims made by the pesticide industry that all carrot growing in the UK may cease if the proposed EU legislation on pesticides is...
Consumers give supermarkets power
The Chief representative of British retailers spoke at the Institute of Economic Affairs Working Lunch on 14 January 2009.  The Director General, Stephen Robertson said "Who holds...
Farmland values dip
Property News, published by Knight Frank, states that English farmland values, which rose throughout 2008 despite the credit crunch, fell by 5% in the last quarter of the year. The drop in rural...
Older cattle disposal - farmer pays
Changes to the disposal of older cattle born before 1996 mean that farmers will be obliged to since 11 January 2009.  However, BSE testing costs continue to be picked up by the taxpayer. ...
Cash injection boost
East Midlands Development Agency ( emda ) has welcomed the latest package of measures for business launched today by Lord Mandelson.  The announcement responds to many of the concerns expressed...
Think 'Farmhouse Breakfast'
Squeeze on milk prices
Arla Foods has reduced its standard price by two pence today taking it to 25 pence.  First Milk had already reduced its price on 1 January 2009. In a press release they state...
Save our bees
We'll be supporting the British Beekeepers Association's new campaign to support our bees given their staggering decline due to disease.  The impact on the countryside will be devastating if the...
Gowing our future
The Growing Schools Programme is delighted to announce that it will be holding its second national conference “Get Your Hands Dirty” at the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, on the 23rd March...
single farm payments on track
A recent Farming Online survey investigated the proportion of farmers who have received their payment (SFP) and asked whether the Rural Payments Agency have requested a payment claw back. ...
£2.9 billion for our landscape
Natural England on 22 November 2008 annouced additional land conservation funds that will coordinate work.  Over 4.8 million hectares are being targetted for the intiative. England's landscape...
Goats are big business
Commercial goat farming will be show-cased at a farm walk staged by the Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers and hosted by Nick and Caroline Brandon, Sandon, Stafford, on 26 November. The...
Sainsburys declare 'save our ugly fruit and veg'
Sainsburys have started a ‘save our ugly fruit and veg' campaign in a bid to force the EU to relax its specifications on selling cheaper fresh produce by sending letters to EU and Government...
Pesticide use under review
Following a recent High Court ruling, the government will have to review its legal position on farmers spraying pesticide without any protection for residents.  A campaigner against pesticides...
Hartington dairy gets amber light
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has announced its decision to refer the deal to buy Hartington Creamery to the Competition Commission.  In the summer, Long Clawson Dairy at Melton Mowbray, in...
Bumper harvest despite the rain
The washout summer damaged Britain’s harvest far less than was feared, the National Farmers’ Union has reported. Wheat production was up a third on last year, according to NFU...
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