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'Conservation stalwart' farmer takes top wetland award
A farmer hailed as ‘a conservation stalwart of the very best kind’ has been honoured with a national award for wetland creation. Richard Waddingham…
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Plan launched to eradicate destructive sheep plague causing 'major losses' to world's poorest
The ground has been broken on a major international initiative to rid the world of Peste des petits ruminants (PPR). Also known as sheep and goat…
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Knock down barriers to build more affordable rural homes, says CLA
Barriers that stop landowners keen to build and manage affordable homes in the countryside were highlighted to MPs this week. The CLA which…
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Cooperation between farmers and hunters 'crucial' as hunting season gets underway
As the hunting season gets underway, farming unions across the UK are saying cooperation is 'crucial' between farmers and hunters. The Ulster…
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Scottish farm worker numbers fall to all-time low
The amount of farm workers in Scotland has decreased to the smallest figure on record, with the latest data showing a drop of 1,900 since 2015…
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Brexit: British farmers could be free to grow GM crops, reveals minister
Genetically modified crops will be grown across England after Britain withdraws from the European Union, according to farming minister George…
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Queen set to lose £1m in EU subsidies after Brexit
The Queen could lose a million pounds in lost farming subsidies every year after Brexit is initiated, estimate Buckingham Palace aides. The Queen…
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Rural organisations launch new code of practice on use of snares
The UK’s leading rural groups have launched their new code of practice on the use of snares for fox control in England. The 12-page code is a…
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Cluster of farmers vow to protect Norfolk river from further pollution
A group of sixteen farmers have vowed to form a cluster to protect a Norfolk river from further agricultural pollution. The farmers gathered together…
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NI government releases strategy on 'co-ordinated and joined up' land management
A co-ordinated and joined up strategy on land management 'will help to ensure that agriculture and the environment can flourish in tandem'. That was…
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