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News: Farming
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Bridging the hungry gap: Jordans farmers working for wildlife this winter
This autumn, ‘unsung hero’ farmers are hard at work giving nature a helping hand for the seasons ahead, providing wildflower strips and supplementary food for birds alongside their usual crops.…
Extending Countryside Stewardship agreements avoids funding cliff edge
Farmers need long-term support and certainty to continue providing sustainable food that helps to restore nature
Huge impacts of UK pig and poultry farming revealed for first time
New report shows sector’s pollution harms rivers and wider countryside
Ten years of nature-friendly breakfasts helps rare birds, bees and butterflies return
Survey of 27 farms across 14,600 hectares shows increases in rare orchid and red-listed nightingale
Pond restoration, native tree planting and wildflower field margins encourage wildlife…
New vision to get farming transition back on track
Today, The Wildlife Trusts launch a vision for the future of food and farming - Food & Farming in a Nature & Climate Crisis - stressing that the time is now to get the farming transition…
More ambition needed to reduce pesticides, say The Wildlife Trusts
UK Government publishes new pesticide plan today – The Wildlife Trusts respond
Frustration as Government pauses the Sustainable Farming Incentive scheme
Today the Government has paused all new applications from farmers to access England’s flagship green farming scheme.
No nature, no farmers, no food!
Farming policy needs a stronger vision and increased funds to deliver for farmers, food security and nature, say The Wildlife Trusts.
Deadly neonicotinoids ban must bring overdue respite for bees, say The Wildlife Trusts
Today, the UK Government has announced its intention to bring forward a “complete ban on bee killing pesticides” with “legislative options that would legally prevent the future use of three…