Just two more weeks for entries to arrive for this year’s Farmers Weekly Poultry Farmer of the Year award. Why not give it a whirl, enter or nominate using this link NFU Poultry British Free Range Egg Producers Association British Poultry Council fwi.co.uk/ms/events/farm…

The RPA is to pay farmers £130/ha to restore flooded land - but only very specific fields, within 150m of very specific rivers, as identified by satellites between 2 and 12 January 2024. Don't all the RPA - they'll call you.👇Farmers Weekly Country Land & Business Assn fwi.co.uk/news/weather/f…

It's a lovely idea, but I can't help but feel the horse bolted about six years ago with the Health and Harmony report... Farmers Weekly Guy Smith Defra UK Sustain Vicki Hird MSc FRES 🐝🦋 🍃💚🍃 fwi.co.uk/business/payme…

Two reasons to donate to Philip Case.

1. He’s chosen a great charity in The Farming Community Network that deserves support.

2. Because Andrew Meredith has promised to bleach his hair, Eminem-style, if Phil raises £1,000 🤑 You might even get to see the process…

LET’S MAKE THIS HAPPEN 👇🏼

I'm pretty sure this is the first time a figure of £400m has been used for Defra's underspend. It's a huge top-up to the £2.4bn budget, but how will it be used in 2024/25? National Farmers' Union Country Land & Business Assn TFA Farmers Weekly Tom Bradshaw Nature Friendly Farming Network fwi.co.uk/business/payme…

My colleague PHILIP CASE is fundraising for The Farming Community Network by running the London Marathon. You can support him here 👇justgiving.com/page/philip-ca…

Interesting development as Defra seeks to limit access to some SFI actions, clearly worried that farmers might prefer these options to actually growing food Farmers Weekly National Farmers' Union TFA Country Land & Business Assn Defra UK 👇👇fwi.co.uk/business/busin…

With up to £849/ha for agroforestry under SFI 2024, visiting a farm already doing it in May could be time well spent #agroforestryopenweekend 🌳👇fwi.co.uk/arable/other-c…

Spot the latest crop of NFU chairmen (sadly no women) elected to the various sector boards this week National Farmers' Union Farmers Weekly fwi.co.uk/news/farm-poli…

So, Lesley Griffiths to Social Justice…

The right outcome, but interesting that only 13% of respondents to the consultation supported Defra’s move to make all chicken keepers register their flocks. NFU Poultry British Free Range Egg Producers Association British Poultry Council fwi.co.uk/livestock/poul…

Battle lines being drawn in the River Wye catchment... Avara is adamant that phosphate loading pre-dates the expansion of poultry in the area, while others question the accuracy of the data AvaraFoods leighday NFU Poultry British Poultry Council 👇👇 fwi.co.uk/news/environme…

Defra is putting another £7m into tree planting, hoping to lift the currently glacial uptake of the England Woodland Creation Scheme. Most of it is being targeted at plantings that include greater public access, species recovery and water protection. 👇👇 fwi.co.uk/news/environme…

It seems the Scottish government wants to force the break up of farms and estates over 1,000ha just because they are, er, large. The politics of envy? NFU Scotland Scottish Land Commission Scottish Land & Estates Farmers Weekly 👇fwi.co.uk/business/marke…

Never underestimate the complexity of food labeling... the full 68-page consultation is mighty dense! National Farmers' Union NPA British Poultry Council Farmers Weekly fwi.co.uk/news/defra-set…

Bristol start-up tests human urine as natural fertiliser - and we're not taking the p*ss 👇👇👇fwi.co.uk/arable/bristol…

Love it or loathe it, the Halal market for sheep meat is seemingly 'a market farmers can no longer ignore' AHDB Beef & Lamb AHDB HCC Awal Fuseini, PhD National Farmers' Union Farmers Weekly 👇 fwi.co.uk/business/marke…

Interview: NFU president Tom Bradshaw shares his views on sliding NFU membership, farmer demonstrations, Red Tractor, food security and a likely change of government National Farmers' Union Farmers Weekly Tom Bradshaw 👇👇 fwi.co.uk/news/farm-poli…

Today is the last chance for Welsh farmers to have their say on their government's Sustainable Farming Scheme consultation... NFU Cymru 🚜 TFA Cymru Derek Keeble Farmers Weekly 👇👇 fwi.co.uk/news/last-chan…

Is this the end of the road for Red Tractor’s Greener Farms Commitment? The farm unions and AHDB say it should be scrapped - at least until trust in Red Tractor has been rebuilt. National Farmers' Union Red Tractor AHDB Farmers Weekly NFU Scotland NFU Cymru 🚜 👇fwi.co.uk/business/compl…