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Young couple bring cattle back to farm after 22 years
Cattle have returned to a former Shropshire dairy farm after 22 years as a young couple establish their first beef enterprise and work towards a…
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New £30m fund to help farmers collaborate and cut costs
A new £30 million fund will back farmer-led collaboration aimed at reducing costs, sharing expertise and building stronger agricultural businesses…
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£300,000 campaign urges shoppers to back Welsh meat
A £300,000 campaign has been launched to persuade shoppers across Wales to look specifically for PGI Welsh Lamb and PGI Welsh Beef when buying red…
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Farmers handed new support to keep ponies on Dartmoor
Dartmoor ponies will no longer count towards livestock limits in new environmental agreements, as ministers move to protect the moor’s historic herds…
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Rural England contributes £259bn but is still held back, Defra warns
Rural communities must no longer be treated as an afterthought, the government has said as it pledged to embed countryside needs across Whitehall and…
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£5,000 fines unveiled for waste dumped on farms and countryside
Fly-tippers targeting farms and the countryside could face council-issued penalties of up to £5,000 under a major government crackdown on waste…
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Record heat linked to unprecedented fall in UK milk deliveries
UK dairy farms delivered the equivalent of 25 million fewer pints of milk during the May and June heatwaves, marking the first major heat-related…
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Defra declines emergency aid as pig crisis deepens
Defra has declined to provide emergency support to England’s pig farmers for now, saying the threshold for government intervention has not been met…
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Welsh farmers fund equivalent of 18 air ambulance missions
The Farmers’ Union of Wales has raised £65,000 for Wales Air Ambulance Charity — equivalent to the cost of 18 missions. The money was collected…
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Derbyshire farmer will face no charge over fatal shooting
A Derbyshire farmer arrested on suspicion of murder after 19-year-old Marcus Smith was fatally shot at his property will face no further action…
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