We've produced a new report on agriculture in the East, highlighting farming's vital role. Read the story behind the numbers: tinyurl.com/m72up5ty

Rural Task Force officers attended a call to males with dogs and their vehicle stuck in a field. With some assistance the vehicle was seized. #OpGalileo DW

Exactly which impact of climate change in the UK are you referring to?

🚨 A record 34 tonnes of illegal meat was intercepted at the Port of Dover in January, highlighting growing concerns over smuggling volumes and the potential biosecurity risks to UK farming READ MORE: farminguk.com/news/record-34…

There’s a farming crisis in Britain. ▪️Over 6,000 farm businesses closed since Labour came into power. ▪️Supermarkets undercutting farmers with low payments. ▪️Cheap imported food putting British farmers a competitive disadvantage. ▪️Solar panels plastered over thousands

Biodiversity Net Gain is meant to protect nature. But right now, developers can skip it by ticking a box and writing a belief – not providing evidence. No proof. No checks. No fixes for nature. That’s the de minimis loophole – and it needs to go. Read more here:

HOW TO HACK YOUR HAPPY HORMONES 1. DOPAMINE: Listen to upbeat music. Get good rest. Eat a sweet treat like dark chocolate. Complete a small daily task. 2. SEROTONIN: Walking. Going out to get some sunshine. Meditation. Cardio exercises. 3. OXYTOCIN: Hugging someone.

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Let's check in on Gerald's water consumption. Gerald woke up this morning and did the following: 6am - drank from his trough. Approximately 30 litres. In British beef cattle, this is 100% of Gerald's actual blue water use for the day. 6:15am - it rained on him. This has been

Right now, in barns and equipment sheds across the American Midwest, farmers are making the most consequential decision of this war. Not generals. Not senators. Farmers. At $683 per ton urea, corn economics have collapsed. Nitrogen is the single largest input cost for corn

Sadly, the UK Climate Change Committee are using incorrect data and going after a soft target with no idea of the consequences.

In my corner of South-east England it is housing.

Veg at 4p might look like a bargain, but it sends a dangerous message: that food has no value. Nobody blames shoppers for taking a deal when times are tight. But when produce is sold for pennies, the real cost usually lands with the farmer. #BackBritishFarming

This is massively disingenuous. Lamb costs have soared because input costs to farmers have gone up. The number of abattoirs has significantly dropped…and supermarkets are setting prices that fleece consumers.

A great video from a friend, Charles. We have struggled to make words fit but Charles has done it well. Comparing the eradication approach to TB to the eradication of problems in Humans. Please listen, please share. We as farmers need people to understand how mad this is. Tag

How would you recognise a poor farmer if you met one?

It may be symbolic, but that is not the argument. Renewables may well power the grid for a few hours on a sunny day with a gale blowing. The argument is simply that fossil fuels will be part of our grid for another 30 years or more.

The nut zero zealotry of Ed Miliband. A new occasional series. [feel free to add]. Fertiliser prices and shortages are soaring because the petrochemical industries of the Gulf states are major global suppliers but the Strait of Hormuz, through which they export, is closed. Not

Wiltshire farmer Ann Maidment, 42, has brilliantly exposed the “ridiculous” government waste licensing system, by registering her prize cow Beau Vine as an official rubbish disposer. It took just five minutes online and cost £184. The Environment Agency approved it instantly.