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All the latest happenings in the world of sustainable farming
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Glyphosate: authorise for 7 years & professional uses only, urge MEPs
European Parliament NewsarticleGiven concerns about the carcinogenicity and endocrine disruptive properties of the herbicide glyphosate, used in many farm and garden applications, the EU Commission should renew...
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Can eating meat ever be ethical?
The IndependentarticleMeat has been so cheap for so long that it became easy to forget exactly how it is produced. However, various food scandals, including the...
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Orchard diversity in focus as industry rethinks approach to growing food
Produce Business UKarticleAs conventional chemical pesticides continue to be withdrawn from the market, integrated pest management (IPM) programmes are increasingly incorporating alternative forms of control. UK researchers...
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IFM: A framework for the future
LEAF (Linking Environment & Farming)articleJoin us for a one-day conference exploring the development, opportunities and future potential of Integrated Farm Management. We will examine the development of IFM, consider...
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Agri-Innovation Den open for applications
Agri-Innovation DenarticleOne pot. Scores of competitors. Who will take their share of £350K from the Agri-Innnovation Den this time? The hunt is back on for world-class...
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Countryside Stewardship: What are the organic options for 2016?
Soil AssociationarticleTim Bevan, Soil Association Farm Advisor fills us in on what to look out for when applying to the Countryside Stewardship scheme. The main objective...
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Is UK agriculture doing more damage than climate change?
Garden OrganicarticleScientists from the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (CEH), working with colleagues from other UK research institutes and the RSPB, have said climate change and...
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Welsh Organic Producer Survey 2015
Organic Research CentrearticleThe 2015 Welsh Organic Producer Survey, funded by the Welsh Government, has been published by Organic Centre Wales The 2015 survey has shown that the...
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Horticulture in the UK: potential for meeting dietary guideline demands
Food Research CollaborationarticlePublic health analysis suggests that many lives can be saved if the UK population actually followed dietary guidelines on fruit and vegetable daily intake. The...
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Towards an updated recommended list for willow varieties: trial begins
Rothamsted ResearcharticleRothamsted Research brings together all European willow breeders in an independent trial hosted by Easton & Otley College at their Norfolk campus.
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A blog to mark World Water Day
GWCTarticleThe recent floods and wet weather have brought into focus the dilemmas surrounding the use of water in the United Kingdom. The rural stakeholders who...
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Future of farming tackled with help from OF&G agroecology scholarship
Harper AdamsarticleA scholarship to teach the food producers of tomorrow how to link agriculture with conservation has been launched in memory of a leading figure in...
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Welsh farmers prepare to get tree planting
Woodland TrustarticleFarmers and landowners across Wales are preparing to take the opportunity to plant trees and areas of woodland on their land, following an announcement on...
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Rothamsted & Alltech Crop Science announce strategic alliance
Rothamsted ResearcharticleRothamsted Research and Alltech Crop Science’s strategic alliance will allow for leading research opportunities to investigate on-farm applications to improve soil, crop, feed and livestock...
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New cattle measures to help deliver TB freedom in England
GOV.UKarticleFurther measures to protect England from bovine TB are being introduced as part of the government’s comprehensive strategy which is on track to deliver TB-free...
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Discussion and debate at Agriculture and Environment Conference
SRUCarticleOver two days, what is now Scotland’s premier event, asked what future for our farming systems? In so doing considering the environmental challenges and integrated...
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Environment Secretary salutes Britain's women farmers
GOV.UKarticleLeading women farmers from around the country will join Secretary of State Elizabeth Truss today to celebrate women’s contributions to British farming and the increasing...
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Soil Association webinars for all farmers
Farming UK NewsarticleThe Soil Association is holding a series of webinars for all farmers, as part of the Innovative Farmers events programme. The webinars share useful knowledge...
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The Golden Plover Award 2016
GWCTarticleThe Heather Trust and the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust (Scotland) have announced applications are open for the 2016 Golden Plover Award for Moorland Management...
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National Organic Combinable Crops (NOCC16)
OF&GarticleOn Thursday 7 July 2016 National Organic Combinable Crops, AKA National Organic Cereals, will take place on the Wimpole Hall estate of the National Trust...
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Feeding less food-competing feedstuffs to livestock
Organic Research CentrearticleAn interesting new study shows that feeding livestock from grass and by-products from food production could provide sufficient food and reduce environmental impacts of livestock...
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Seven ways to save Scotland's soils
Soil AssociationarticleSoil is a precious resource. With our new document, ‘ Seven Ways to Save Our Soils: Scotland’, we’re calling on politicians, policy makers and farmers...
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Casualty cow heightens concern about low protein levels in silage
SRUCarticleA casualty animal recently submitted to one of SRUC's Veterinary Investigation Centres confirms earlier fears that some silages being fed to livestock this winter are...
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A big thank you from all the farmland birds
GWCTarticleGWCT's third Big Farmland Bird Count is now complete and the results are flooding in! Across the UK, people have been busy in the wet...
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Organic Market Report 2016: Organic market growth continues
Soil AssociationarticleThe Soil Association’s 2016 Organic Market Report launched today, 23 February, reveals the organic market continued to experience steady growth of 4.9% in 2015. This...
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Nutritional differences between organic and non-organic milk
Organic Research CentrearticleGround-breaking new study finds clear nutritional differences between organic and non-organic meat and milk. In the largest systematic reviews of their kind, an international team...
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Pre-lambing nutrition for ewes
Soil AssociationarticleThere are many factors that can influence the outcome of the lambing period. However one of the most important issues at this time is nutrition...
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Trees for fish as well as flooding
Woodland TrustarticleTrees alongside rivers don’t only help slow the flow of flood waters and reduce diffuse pollution; they can also help with the survival of some...