‘This is the first time I’ve had my lawn cut by somebody else,” says Tom Bradshaw, the new president of the National Farmers’ Union. Just…
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‘Water everywhere’: Shropshire farmers race to salvage harvest after record rain
With his farm almost entirely surrounded by the banks of the River Severn in north Shropshire, Ed Tate is used to flooding on his land…
View More ‘Water everywhere’: Shropshire farmers race to salvage harvest after record rainFrom birds, to cattle, to … us? Could bird flu be the next pandemic? – podcast
As bird flu is confirmed in 33 cattle herds across eight US states, Ian Sample talks to virologist Dr Ed Hutchinson of Glasgow University about…
View More From birds, to cattle, to … us? Could bird flu be the next pandemic? – podcastGene editing crops to be colourful could aid weeding, say scientists
Genetically engineering crops to be colourful could help farmers produce food without pesticides, as it would make it easier to spot weeds, scientists have said.…
View More Gene editing crops to be colourful could aid weeding, say scientistsUK facing food shortages and price rises after extreme weather
The UK faces food shortages and price rises as extreme weather linked to climate breakdown causes low yields on farms locally and abroad. Record rainfall…
View More UK facing food shortages and price rises after extreme weatherFlooded farms in England refused compensation as ‘too far’ from river
Farmers who have their entire cropping land submerged underwater have found they are ineligible for a government flooding hardship fund – because their farms are…
View More Flooded farms in England refused compensation as ‘too far’ from riverBritish farmers want basic income to cope with post-Brexit struggles
Farmers are calling for the government to grant them a universal basic income, saying the post-Brexit agriculture subsidy scheme has left many poorer. Delays to…
View More British farmers want basic income to cope with post-Brexit strugglesEU pumps four times more money into farming animals than growing plants
The EU has made polluting diets “artificially cheap” by pumping four times more money into farming animals than growing plants, research has found. More than…
View More EU pumps four times more money into farming animals than growing plants‘Enormously exciting’: farm to create biggest natural grassland in southern England
The rolling hills south of Salisbury Plain are a bleak scene of vast arable fields and tightly grazed pasture dotted with scores of sheep. In…
View More ‘Enormously exciting’: farm to create biggest natural grassland in southern England‘Ecocide in Gaza’: does scale of environmental destruction amount to a war crime?
In a dilapidated warehouse in Rafah, Soha Abu Diab is living with her three young daughters and more than 20 other family members. They have…
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