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Farmers and fishermen join forces to drive change in water pollution
Farmers and fishermen are joining forces in a bid to drive positive change in maintaining and enhancing water quality in Wales. Both groups met at…
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Prepare for tougher stance on ammonia by taking grants, farmers urged
Farmers have been urged to prepare for tougher controls on ammonia emissions by taking advantage of any grant opportunities as they arise. The…
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Farm featured on BBC series The Archers opens £1m share offer
A farm which was featured on the hit BBC series The Archers has opened a £1 million share offer to protect its future operations. Stockwood Community…
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Guide and financial package for farmers to help reduce ammonia pollution
The government is taking more action to tackle ammonia emissions, with figures pinpointing the farming industry responsible for 88% of all emissions…
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Proposed change to water leakage allowances could save Scottish farmers thousands
A proposed change to water leakage allowances could save farmers thousands of pounds following the persistence of Scottish landowners. Landowner…
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'Disproportionately incentivised': Sheep sector calls for decreased support for anaerobic digestion
Sheep farmers are calling for the government to rethink incentives for anaerobic digestion plants and large-scale biomass burners post-Brexit. The…
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UK's first post-Brexit agri-environment scheme unveiled
The Payment by Results (PBR) project will be the first agri-environment scheme directly funded by the UK, Defra Secretary Michael Gove has today…
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Farmers call for relaxation of regulations following drought summit
The farming industry is calling for regulations to relax during the drought to help mitigate the impact of the ongoing heatwave. The prolonged…
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New environment watchdog 'must not add extra complexity' for farmers
Farmers and landowners have said that the proposed "green watchdog" must not add extra complexity to "already confusing" environmental rules…
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Regular heatwaves to be 'summer norm by 2040s'
Regular and sustained heatwaves will become the "summer norm by 2040s" making adaptation to heatwaves "a matter of life and death", MPs have said…
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