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Bad weather sees East Midlands farm incomes fall by 18% 11 May 2021 | An annual survey of farms in the East Midlands has found farm incomes have fallen by 18% in the last year A survey of farms in the East Midlands region has found that net income from the latest harvest season fell by nearly a quarter. The survey, which covers a total of 20,000 acres of farmland in the region, was carried out by accountancy firm Duncan & Toplis. It found the average net farm income for the 2020 harvest fell to £109 per hectare, down from £133 the year before. However, this 18 percent fall was better than ...

The story of how one young farmer is embracing innovation in a new era of rural living Karol Devaney's insights into farming, sheep shearing and podcasts Reporter: ');  '); A key objective of the Irish National Rural Network (NRN) is to promote innovative initiatives that can help people in the farming community and in rural areas to maximize the success of the objectives set out in Ireland’s Rural Development Programme (RDP) on behalf of the Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine. A recent Entrepreneurial Young Trained Farmer case study they carried with 27-year-old Karol Devane...

Sheep grazing on Caldbeck common.. A ‘DISAPPOINTING’ response from the Government has sounded the alarm over whether upland farmers and commoners will have a future during Brexit transition. The Foundation for Common Land (FCL) has highlighted ongoing concerns about the viability of upland farmers and commoners during the transition away from direct support in England. Their fears were expressed after receiving a response to a letter they sent to the Prime Minister last year, in which they warned of an ‘impending car crash’ which will leave 14,000 farms at risk of being loss mak...

R v R [2004] FLR 98). There is often a departure from equality in farming cases due to the non-matrimonial nature of some farming assets. For example, a farm which has been gifted, inherited and/or in the family for generations, in the expectation that it will be handed down, is an important factor which the court will take into consideration. Whilst a distinction can be made between matrimonial and non-matrimonial assets, the needs of one or both parties will dictate the sway of a settlement. However, needs are an elastic concept, and if needs can be satisfied without recourse to non-matrim...

SHARING OPTIONS: A minimum width of 2m must be left uncultivated in tillage fields beside watercourses but this can be cultivated once grass is established immediately. We are now in the middle of the busy season for fertiliser spreading and spraying and protection of our waterways is essential when tackling these jobs. Adhering to buffer zones is a key part of these jobs, whether it’s a splash plate, trailing shoe, wagtail or a sprayer with low-drift nozzles. So what is a buffer zone? A buffer zone is an area of land beside a watercourse which does not...