Environment
Eustice confirms next Environment Agency chair
Environment Secretary George Eustice has today (Tuesday, July 19) confirmed that Alan Lovell DL is to be the next chair...
Environment
Environment
Wales: First Minister to discuss river pollution with farming unions
Wales‘ First Minister Mark Drakeford is set to meet representatives from farming unions at the Royal Welsh Agricultural Showground today...
Environment
Yorkshire Water sanctioned to donate £400k after polluting watercourses
Yorkshire Water has agreed to donate a total of £400,000 to Yorkshire Wildlife Trust after polluting two watercourses in separate...
Environment
Environmental performance of water companies falls to lowest recorded level
The Environment Agency has today (Thursday, July 14) released its annual report on the environmental performance of England’s nine water...
N.Ireland
Fermanagh farm stores 33,000t of CO2e in top 30cm of soil
Over 70 people were in attendance at an Accelerating Ruminant Carbon Zero (ARCZero) farm walk in Co. Fermanagh on Tuesday...
Environment
Natural England summit aims to reverse nature's decline
Some of the biggest organisations and businesses in the country are set to gather today (Wednesday, July 13) for the...
Dairy
‘Most likely, almost every steak and burger contains small pieces of plastic’
A pilot study conducted by researchers at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam has found that nearly 80% of meat and dairy products...
Agri-Business
Profits at risk if meat and dairy investors don’t engage in climate action – report
A new report is warning that profits are at risk if investors do not engage with the meat and dairy...
Environment
Biodiversity crisis will kill humans, Environment Agency warns
The scale of loss of complex natural ecosystems in England and globally could pose an existential risk to human survival,...
Environment
The Prince of Wales becomes patron of the GWCT
The Prince of Wales, Charles, has become a patron of the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT). He follows in...
Environment
Climate change is no storm in a teacup for producers and industry
In the UK, we do love our tea. But is this the latest product to fall foul of climate change,...
Agri-Business
Video: Dutch police fire shots during farmer tractor protest
Police in the Netherlands have confirmed that a number of shots were fired during a tractor protest in the north...
N.Ireland
Mechanically extracting phosphorous from animal slurries
Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) research is looking at the feasibility of physically extracting phosphorous (P) from animal slurries. The...
Environment
Rothamsted to research new low-carbon, environmentally-friendly food
Rothamsted Research is a major partner in a new £13 million programme to produce low-carbon, environmentally-friendly food. AgZero+ will bring...
Environment
'Widespread greenwashing' is comprising efforts to prepare for climate change - EA
Widespread greenwashing is compromising efforts to prepare for climate impacts like floods and heatwaves, the chair of the Environment Agency...
Environment
Somerset farmer fined second time for polluting River Frome
A Somerset farmer has been fined for causing unpermitted discharge of slurry into the River Frome, after he pleaded guilty...
Schemes
Sustainable Farming Incentive opens for applications
The Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) has today (Thursday, June 30) opened for applications in England. It is available to all...
Agri-Business
Research: Fertiliser use could be reduced with nature-based farming
An extensive series of international crop trials has confirmed that fertiliser use could be reduced with nature-based farming systems. Analysis...
