New planning guidance should help rural communities remain viable
The CLA yesterday (10 March) said the release of the new National Planning Practice Guidance (NPPG) should support the sustainability of rural communities. The organisation said the NPPG will allow more housing to be built in rural areas resulting in the viable use of local facilities such as schools, shops, and pubs. CLA President Henry […]
New research call for slug control
Work by AHDB’s crop divisions has estimated that a lack of slug control products could potentially cost UK crop production £100 million annually. To help sustain UK crop production, AHDB has revealed plans to invest in a programme of slug research by combining £300,000 of levy funds with potentially significantly greater external sources of funding. […]
Ploughing the only way forward to repair flood damage to soil
Flood damage to soil and flood-repair is one situation that will benefit more from full tillage of the soil rather than no-tillage (or direct drilling), says the New Zealand specialist soil scientist John Baker. Any organic matter and soil microbial life in that eroded soil will have been stripped out and washed away, so it […]
Haglöfs donates trees with a new app
This spring the outdoor company Haglöfs is launching an app which aims to connect the consumer’s outdoor activities with tree planting in East Africa. The project is run in cooperation with Vi Agroforestry, and represents yet another side of Haglöfs’ sustainability efforts. Being aware and taking responsibility are long-established watchwords for Haglöfs. Topics such as […]
Retailers told ‘Value British food more’
The NFU is urging supermarkets not to devalue food by entering into price wars which have the potential to undermine British farmers and growers’ businesses. As this week saw one retailer cut the shelf price of four pints of milk to a £1, the NFU warned that this must not be the start of a […]
Tesco announces new lower price for milk
Tesco has today announced that the price of a four pint bottle of milk has been cut from £1.39 to £1 from Monday 3rd March, as part of the retailer’s focus on every day low prices on the products that matter most to its customers. The announcement comes a week after Tesco cut prices on […]
EHL Ingredients gallops in with new range of horse feed
EHL Ingredients, a leading importer, blender and packer of natural and organic ingredients from around the world, is entering the animal feed sector with the launch of a ten-strong range of garlic, mint and mixed herbs products for the equine market, including a premium organic range of ingredients for racing horses and thoroughbreds. Available now […]
Green MEP responds to badger cull study
An independent scientific assessment of last year’s pilot badger culls in parts of Gloucestershire and Somerset has concluded that they were not effective. The study also found many badgers to have endured unnecessary suffering. Keith Taylor, the Green Party’s MEP for South East England and a member of the European Parliament’s Animal Welfare Intergroup, has […]
Stewardship welcomes recognition of low drift nozzles
The announcement by the UK Chemicals Regulatory Department (CRD) to recognise low drift nozzles as risk mitigation measures for applications of plant protection products on broad acre arable and grassland crop is warmly welcomed by the consortium of the Say NO to DRIFT stewardship campaign. Since early 2012, the initiative has proved that growers are […]
