Opinion: Rule burden set to grow, with farmers bearing brunt
The recent decision by poultry processor Avara to impose new litter management protocols on its farmer-suppliers and the government’s U-turn on nutrient
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The recent decision by poultry processor Avara to impose new litter management protocols on its farmer-suppliers and the government’s U-turn on nutrient
Farmers in England are set to lose access to a fledgling private nutrient offset market, potentially worth millions of pounds to participants, after the
Ally Hunter-Blair, a farmer from Ross has voiced his concerns after being falsely accused by the Environment Agency (EA) of breaching the Farming Rules for Water. The EA’s remote inspection, conducted on 22 November last year, claimed that two of Mr Hunter-Blair’s fields lacked the required vegetative cover. However, Mr Hunter-Blair firmly states that both fields were sown with winter wheat well before the 15 October deadline.
The Environment Agency (EA) has been accused of incompetence after a number of arable farmers received letters falsely accusing them of breaking the
Additional resources for farm inspections by the Environment Agency (EA) means that many farmers have already received letters to notify them that farms