Why Stopping Cows Burping Isn’t a good idea. There’s a growing push to reduce methane emissions from cattle and sheep by adding compounds derived from seaweed into feed. The best known of these approaches uses bromoform, the active compound found…
700 Cattle Lost to Botulism Outbreak Farmers across several English counties are counting the cost of a suspected botulism outbreak that has already claimed more than 700 cattle. Investigations by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) and Animal and Plant Health…
US Dairy Imports: Should UK Farmers Worry? The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) has carried out modelling on what might happen if tariffs on American dairy products such as butter and cheese were reduced or even removed. Their economists…
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Dimming the Sun: A Dangerous Game with Our Food and Farms In a move that sounds more like science fiction than sound science, the UK government is preparing to fund up to £50 million in experiments aimed at dimming the…
UK Farmers Trapped in a 50 Year Income Freeze as Government and Corporations Tighten the Noose British farmers, the backbone of the nation’s food supply, are being driven to the brink. A new report has revealed a staggering truth: their…
England’s countryside is shrinking at an unprecedented pace, with more than 1,700 farms on the fringes of towns and cities wiped out since 2010, a shocking new report has revealed. The loss is staggering 56,000 hectares of farmland gone, an…
New Bill Seeks Fairer Pricing for Farmers Rural campaigners have welcomed the introduction of the Food Supply Chain Fairness Bill, which aims to ensure that farmers across the UK receive fairer prices for their produce. Alistair Carmichael, chair of the…
Why the Labour Government’s Inheritance Tax Hike on Farmers Could Backfire The Labour government’s recent decision to increase inheritance tax (IHT) on farmers has sparked outrage across rural communities — and for good reason. On the surface, the policy might…
Farmers Push Back Against Calls for a 27% Reduction in UK Livestock Recent calls from climate change experts for a 27% reduction in UK cattle and sheep numbers — and a significant cut in meat consumption — have sparked strong…
