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October 8, 2008
Farmers and growers battling to get in crops from saturated fields have been given a life line after Defra announced a further temporary suspension of the rules governing the work while land is wet.
October 8, 2008
The wet August may have been a washout for most people – but it was a big hit with geese. Some regions had three times the average rainfall — and less than half the average…
October 8, 2008
A bumper global harvest could help make up the shortfall in UK production after the wettest August on record brought the domestic harvest to a near standstill.
October 7, 2008
The vice chairman of the NFU board for horticulture will be urging growers to write to their MEPs following this week's joint NFU/HDC pesticide conference in North Yorkshire.
October 7, 2008
Bluetongue vaccine uptake has been as low as 50% in the livestock heartlands of South West and western England – despite a campaign urging producers to vaccinate animals, it is claimed.
October 7, 2008
Two thousand people flocked to Sheringham Park in Norfolk for a special event dedicated to smallholding.
October 7, 2008
People are leaving the agricultural industry in droves because of the lack of income and the continued threat of new and unnecessary regulations such as electronic identification (EID), according to the National Sheep Association.
September 10, 2008
Despite a new Government initiative to help farmland birds, their numbers will continue to drop this year, says the RSPB.
September 9, 2008
Country Smallholding has just launched a great new cartoon, Smallholding Sam.
September 9, 2008
SEPTEMBER 9, 2008: The cost of connecting rural Britain to superfast fibre-based broadbandwill far exceed costs in urban areas, say government advisers.
September 7, 2008
Organic farmers have hit back at claims that consumer demand for organic food is dropping as a result of the credit crunch.
