Agri-Business
Wales: Minimum wage for ag workers to increase next month
The minimum wage for agricultural workers in Wales is set to increase from April 1. Welsh Minister for Rural Affairs...
Forestry
Forestry
New online hub to help forestry sector adapt to climate change
A new online hub has been launched by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), Forest Research, Scottish...
Environment
Farmers urged to apply to £10m woodland scheme
Farmers and land managers across England are being encouraged to apply for the Woodland Carbon Guarantee scheme, which will see...
Forestry
Photos sought for 'Women in Forestry' People's Picture
The Forestry Commission, Forestry England and Forest Research are looking for photo submissions of women working in forests for inclusion...
Forestry
Two forestry funds totalling £14 million open for applications
Hundreds of thousands of trees will be planted across England after two major funding schemes reopened for applications today (Wednesday,...
Forestry
Sir Worsley reappointed as Forestry Commission chair
Sir William Worsley has been reappointed as chair of the Forestry Commission, by way of Royal Warrant, for a second...
Forestry
Prison sentences and fines to combat illegal tree felling introduced
Prison sentences and unlimited fines are amongt a package of new powers to be introduced as part of a crackdown...
Forestry
NDA invests £200k into new Community Forest
As part of National Tree Week, the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) has announced £200,000 of funding for England’s newest Community...
Forestry
£20m in funding announced for UK woodland industry
Projects focused on improving tree planting stocks, woodland resilience and domestic timber production are to receive £20 million in funding,...
Forestry
Forestry values up 15% in 2022
Commercial forestry values have escalated by at least 15% in the past year, according to a new industry report produced...
Forestry
Forestry Commission to reopen Woodland Officer programme
The Forestry Commission has announced it will reopen its Woodland Officer programme in 2023 to foster a growing, highly skilled...
Environment
Poots: New CO2 report will help achieve net zero target
Minister from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), Edwin Poots, has said that a new report highlighting...
N.Ireland
Report highlights wood as renewable substitute in a bioeconomy
Overall consumption of primary processed wood products is expected to grow by 37% by 2050, according to the global forest...
Agri-Business
108ac woodland site for sale in west Scotland
Woodlands at Foreside, a 108.67ac site near the village of Neilston in west Scotland, is for sale as a whole...
N.Ireland
Farmers called on to have their say on the future of forests in Down
Forest Service, an Executive Agency of the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA), has launched a public engagement...
Agri Politics
Defra: £1.2 million in funding for tree seed production
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has allocated £1.2 million funding for domestic tree seed production. The...
Agri Politics
Tree planting commitments must not hinder food production ability
The National Farmers’ Union (NFU) Cymru has reaffirmed that tree planting initiatives emanating from newly announced Welsh government grant funding...
N.Ireland
Final call for applications for DAERA forestry schemes
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) wishes to remind anyone planning on applying for grant aid for...
