RSPB joins forces with beef farmers for wildlife
With a growing market for beef grazed on conservation land, farmers can get premium prices and do their bit for wildlife at the same time. Thats the message from the RSPB, which is heading to Beef Expo 2011 on Thursday (May 26) to talk to farmers about how the charity can help their business. Visitors […]
BLECs new GKB Sandfiller praised by groundsmen and greenkeepers
A NEW tractor-mounted scarifier and sandslitter which removes and collects spoil and fills grooves with sand in one pass has been on a demonstration tour with BLEC managing director Gary Mumby. The Sandfiller, manufactured by GKB Machines, has been specifically designed for aerating and draining sports turf. In Glasgow Gary demonstrated the Sandfiller at Crow […]
Speedcut tackles massive football pitches construction job in London
SPEEDCUT CONTRACTORS are carrying out one of the biggest football pitches construction jobs in London, developing a five hectare (12 acre) site for Kidbrooke Playing Fields in Greenwich. The Kidbrooke site is home to Long Lane Junior Football Club the largest junior football club in London and one of the largest in Britain. It has […]
Keep pollution rules for farmland, says RSPB
Conservationists have criticised proposals by an influential farming panel which could see agricultural land exempt from key pollution rules. The Macdonald Task Force was set up to reform farming regulation and reports its findings today (May 17). The report confirms the important role of many areas of environmental legislation, however concerns have been raised over […]
Farming Regulation: Cut red tape but not at the expense of the environment
The Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) today (Tuesday) warns that proposals to reform farming regulations need to be carefully considered by the Government before any changes are made to ensure they don’t end up damaging our countryside. The Farming Regulation Task Force report [1] launched today makes 215 recommendations for changing or abolishing regulations […]
CLA asks Government to act on risk to investments following emergency review of Feed-in Tariff
The CLA today (12 May) said the Government must take action to reduce the risk of investment for large-scale solar and anaerobic digestion projects following the findings of the emergency review of the Feed-in Tariff (FIT). The Association, responding to the consultation on the emergency review, said changing the payment policy had a profound impact […]
Wildfires burn out last strongholds of England’s most threatened finch
The spate of wildfires across the UK has prompted the RSPB to issue a warning about the risks of fire to threatened ground-nesting birds. Of particular concern is the twite a type of finch – which could have seen up to 40 per cent of its English population affected by fires in the north of […]
New wildlife-friendly landscape product is ready to despatch
The growers of Q Lawns turf and Enviromat sedum matting have stocks of their new wildlife-friendly landscaping product known as MeadowMat ready for despatch. MeadowMat contains 34 species of native perennial wild flowers and grasses actively growing on a matting system so that they are easy to establish into gardens, paddocks, orchards and amenity areas. […]
Implementing the European Water Framework Directive could drive some farmers out of business
European legislation on improving water quality could have serious consequences for farmers and the sustainability of some rural communities, according to research carried out by the Rural Economy and Land Use Programme. An interdisciplinary team, from the universities of East Anglia, Manchester, Cranfield and Aberystwyth, the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology and Askham Bryan College, […]
