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Scottish farmers need £860m a year as costs soar, union warns
Scottish farmers need an extra £183 million in annual support to protect food production and restore profitability, NFU Scotland has warned as…
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Welsh horticulture grants open as new growers urged to apply
Welsh farmers looking to break into commercial horticulture have a new funding opportunity scheduled to open today (2 November), with applications…
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Pig movements and pork exports at risk as industry reviews ASF defences
Pig movements, processing operations and pork exports could face serious disruption in an African swine fever (ASF) outbreak, as a new report…
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Police helicopter swoops on five suspected hare coursers in Essex
Five men have been reported for hare coursing offences after a police helicopter was deployed to the Essex countryside in an operation that saw four…
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BYDV alert as one in three aphids test positive this autumn
More than one in three aphids tested this autumn are carrying barley yellow dwarf virus (BYDV), raising concerns for wheat and barley growers as…
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Farm costs soar 8.6% as prices paid to farmers fall
British farmers face mounting financial pressure as production costs climb while farmgate returns fall, with new government figures revealing sharp…
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£30m wildlife estate purchase raises questions over future of 12 farms
The future of 12 working farms has come under scrutiny after The Wildlife Trusts completed a £30 million purchase of a vast Northumberland estate…
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Freshways slashes milk price by 7p/litre in blow to dairy farmers
Dairy farmers supplying Freshways face a sharp 7p per litre milk price cut from December, reversing most of the processor's autumn increases and…
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British growers sound alarm over water shortages ahead of 2027
British vegetable growers are considering cutting back crops next year as depleted reservoirs and continuing drought threaten water supplies…
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Fireworks could put unborn lambs at risk this Bonfire Night, farmers warn
Fireworks could leave sheep farmers with fewer lambs next spring, the National Sheep Association (NSA) has warned, as Bonfire Night falls during a…
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