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Iran war: Farmers urged to take part in survey as heating oil and LPG prices skyrocket
4+ hour, 20+ min ago (143+ words) Shrewsbury MP Julia Buckley said: "For those of you [who are] reliant on heating oil, over the last few weeks we have been doing as much work with ministers as we can to try to get some additional support. I…...
Letters: "Battersea's working cats are happiest in spacious, rural environments" | Farm News
8+ hour, 7+ min ago (154+ words) Letters: "Battersea's working cats are happiest in spacious, rural environments"Farmers Guardian Letters: "Battersea's working cats are happiest in spacious, rural environments" This week from Farmers Guardian readers: Battersea Dogs and Cats Home, London, is appealing for rural homes for…...
Farmers ready for High Court family farm tax battle
6+ hour, 34+ min ago (104+ words) Farmer and leader of the collective Tom Martin arrives at Royal Court of Justice Defra's FETF 2026 opens: How farmers can access up to "75,000 in equipment grants WELGAR AP630 CONVENTIONAL BALER Should energy security come at the expense of losing Britain's heritage,…...
Regenerative agriculture: Think of your cattle as a community of organisms
8+ hour, 15+ min ago (141+ words) Cattle should be thought of as a "walking fermentation vat, advised Caroline Grindrod. EXCLUSIVE - Kevin Hollinrake: "The energy transition should not become the accelerator pedal for hollowing out British farming" The Farmers Guardian podcast: Farm Retail Association patron Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall…...
UK needs more agricultural co-ops, Labour MP says
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (136+ words) Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton MP Jim McMahon said: "A stronger, co-op-shaped food system can help keep costs down for local people, strengthen our food security, and put more power back into the hands of farmers and communities." Do herbal…...
PM urged to not forget farming families in £53m heating oil package
23+ hour, 52+ min ago (134+ words) Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer also announced that the Government will push ahead with its long-term plan to build Britain's energy security and independence. What will this mean for developments on prime agricultural farmland? Environment Agency handed 'police-style powers' to…...
Brown Swiss cow scoops first coloured breeds championship at Borderway UK Dairy Expo
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (115+ words) The inaugural coloured breeds and Brown Swiss champion, Toi Toi My Mums A Hoover, from Brent and Anne Crothers, and the team at Toi Toi genetics, Shropshire. Views sought for survey on farmland being abandoned for solar infrastructure Do herbal…...
Welsh dairy farm boosts protein by intercropping maize with legumes
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (149+ words) Welsh dairy farm boosts protein by intercropping maize with legumes'Farmers Guardian Welsh dairy farm boosts protein by intercropping maize with legumes Growing beans and sunflowers in a crop of forage maize has seen a Pembrokeshire dairy farm raise silage crude…...
QMS Conference: "The door is wide open for us, but opportunity does not unlock itself" | Farm News
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (119+ words) QMS chief executive Sarah Millar, Rural Affairs Secretary Mairi Gougeon, and QMS chair Kate Rowell at the QMS Conference. National Park unveils plans to tackle overgrazing FARM LOANS & RE-MORTGAGES WANTED - Milk Rounds in the North West SEMINARS FOR FARMERS LANDOWNERS…...
National Park unveils plans to tackle overgrazing
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (72+ words) Plans are in place to end 'overgrazing' in Scotland Farming without subsidies: How four businesses are building resilience Brian Richardson is UK head of agriculture at Virgin Money Cattle grazing at a nature reserve in the Yorkshire Dales has increased…...