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27/10/23 - Bracken control, BBC Food and Farming Awards and vintage farm machinery

Farmers across the country say they're concerned by the withdrawal of a product used to control...

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26/10/23 - Welsh food and drink exports

Exports of food and drink from Wales are growing. They were worth £797 million in 2022 - up 44%...

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25/10/23 Floods; Sale of country estate; Scottish auction

As thousands of acres of farm land have been affected by flooding after Storm Babet, the NFU is...

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24/10/2023

The latest news about food, farming and the countryside.

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23/10/23 - Seasonal worker treatment, Hereford livestock mart, native oysters

Nearly half the seasonal workers on farms inspected by the Home Office complained about their...

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21/10/23 Farming Today This Week: bird flu new research, Welsh farming budget, agricultural education

Some major new research into bird flu was published this week. The headlines are that this year...

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20/10/23 Avian flu new research; Courses in uplands education; Horseback neighbourhood watch.

Scientists have published some major new research into bird flu. A consortium of British...

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19/10/23 Welsh farming budget; Scottish floods; Drone course

Farmers are warning that cuts to the rural affairs budget in Wales are a significant blow which...

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18/10/23 Shetland trawlers, digital agriculture, Syrian farmer in Northern Ireland

Fishers in Shetland are warning lives will be lost unless authorities crack down on the alleged...

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17/10/23 Inquiry into land-based education; Rural skills in Scotland. Reducing emissions from livestock; Coracle fishing

MPs launch an inquiry to find out if young people are failing to get the skills needed to work in...

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16/10/23 SNP Conference; Dentists for fishermen; Land-based education.

The SNP is meeting in Aberdeen - throughout the party conference season we've been catching up...

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14/10/23 Farming Today This Week: Producing food versus producing energy, controversial green label for Red Tractor

Red Tractor logo goes green: are farmers being asked to enhance retailers' green credentials for...

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13/10/2023 Renewables, Natural Capital, Grape-Picking

How do energy companies decide where to put renewables? After a Yorkshire couple, successfully...

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12/10/2023 Solar farms and tenanted land; Wind farms; Blackberry beer

A couple has won their battle to stop a solar farm being developed on the land they farm. The...

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11/10/23 Gene editing to prevent bird flu, new green label for Red Tractor, pears.

Scientists in Edinburgh have used gene editing techniques in chickens which they say could...

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10/10/2023 Scottish floods; Mental health campaign; Agro-forestry.

Farmers in Scotland are assessing the damage caused by record-breaking rainfall which has flooded...

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09/10/23 Wildfire recovery; Labour rural policies; Clyde Valley orchards.

The impact of a major wildfire in the Scottish Highlands is still being felt, months after the...

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07/10/23 Farming Today This Week: HS2 and farms affected, hormone-treated beef row, root veg

At the Conservative Party Conference this week the death knell was sounded for the northern route...

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06/10/23 Labour shortages and migrant workers; 100 years of young farmers; Exotic root veg

The Migration Advisory Committee has rejected a bid from the National Farmers Union to include...

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