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Is succession and business planning for family businesses the most important issue in farming that we don’t talk about enough? This week Ben Eagle talks to Nuffield Farming scholar Peter Craven about family business success. open.spotify.com/episode/4wUxQe…

Many thanks to Amanda Hack MP for spending the afternoon on-farm with me discussing food, farming & the environment today. Huge opportunities for agriculture to deliver for the rural economy, food security & nature with the right support. NFU Midlands NFU Political

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A ROUSING NEW EPISODE OUT TODAY! In the company of Joe Stanley 🇺🇦, Neil visits Leicestershire's The Allerton Project to explore their pioneering farming techniques and to find out why UK farmers may be on the cusp of an exciting future. Search #WeCanDoBoth in your podcast app.

Morning. The battle by the farm and green lobby to get a bigger budget for Defra now appears all but lost. Holding on to the current £2.4bn farm budget is likely to be a best case scenario. My latest thoughts: fwi.co.uk/news/opinion/e…

"Given the right support, we can have climate friendly, carbon neutral, high welfare & high nutrition food in a very short space of time here in the UK. There's a huge amount we can achieve". Our Head of Sustainable Farming Joe Stanley 🇺🇦 🎙️

Could carbon-neutral, high-welfare, high-nutrition food be closer than we think? Here's what Joe Stanley 🇺🇦 -- AKA Head of Sustainable Farming at the The Allerton Project -- told Neil about UK agriculture's efforts so far to "do both". buff.ly/3VuDWzl #WeCanDoBoth

It will surprise no one, but I totally agree with Mike Neaverson Farmers Weekly. It's good to hear about the environmental benefits being mentioned. I always say drainage is one of the few things that benefits production and the environment Janet Hughes The NAAC

Sarah Tomlinson sarah tomlinson, AHDB's Lead Veterinary Science Expert, responds to the Government's plan to end badger culling and replace it with a new bovine TB eradication strategy. 🔗Read the statement in full 👉 ow.ly/cBi550TaU7v

LAUNCH DAY IS HERE! 🙌 Let’s Discuss The Undiscussabull. ahdb.org.uk/discuss-the-un… Spaces are limited so crack on and get your ticket booked 🎫 This topic applies to every single farming business and we’ve never had workshops like this in the UK. Don’t miss out and please

A pea/oat bicrop showing the management challenge of harvest! Part of our research with The NCS Project to ascertain whether we can grow more UK pulses to reduce imports of protein & use of synthetic N in arable rotations 🫛🌾

The previous Conservative Government underspent the farming budget by £100m last year - betraying English farmers in doing so. Today, I urged the Chancellor not to make the same mistake and give the financial support our farmers need to produce food and protect the environment.

I said there was an underspend at DEFRA - and was told I was wrong - there was Now the underspend ‘justifies’ this government losing £100m of the old budget and taking it back to the treasury Shame on the last goverment And shame on this one too theguardian.com/environment/ar…

Join us at Brixworth Farming on Tue, 24 Sep 2024 to discuss some of the do's and don'ts when it comes to bi-cropping and explore the potential for more diverse crop rotations in the future. Click the link to register. eventbrite.co.uk/e/bi-cropping-…

Five charts: How climate change is driving up food prices around the world | Orla Dwyer Read here ➡️ buff.ly/47jdqyn

With news this week of a likely £100m cut to the ELM budget on top significant real-terms cuts via inflation, the economic situation behind the farm gate is of increasing concern.