Farming leaders fear Liz Truss will sign a free trade deal with Australia which could see cheap beef flooding the UK market Minette Batters, president of the National Farmers Union, says members are concerned They fear Ms Truss’s negotiators have agreed to tariff-free access to UK market in their haste to secure a deal before … Read more
More farming to feed world’s growing population will threaten thousands of species with extinction unless we eat less meat, study claims More than 20,000 species will lose part of their current habitats a study found The animals that are set to suffer include elephants, lions, zebras and baboons Projected mean habitat losses were greatest in … Read more
A four-year-old girl who suffered excruciating burns in a tragic farming accident is set to spent the next decade undergoing reconstructive surgeries in order to repair the damage done to her face and body. Little Rawkee Hunt endured horrific third degree burns in the shocking incident on her father’s ranch in Kanab, Utah, where smoldering … Read more
In 1895, H G Wells published The Time Machine, about a man with an invention that let him travel backwards or forwards in time. The twist was that the future was ugly, a dystopia. In his imagined future, humans had got themselves into a mess. I had a similar experience a couple of years ago when … Read more
James Rebanks’ 2015 bestselling memoir The Shepherd’s Life recorded his experiences tending flocks native to the valleys of the Lake District where his family has farmed for over 600 years. Now, in his enchanting new book English Pastoral, he tells how the ongoing battle between traditional and modern farming methods destroyed his father’s livelihood — … Read more
Murdoch Jr ploughs into green farming company AppHarvest The start-up is building the world’s largest greenhouse It hopes to open the huge indoor farm in Kentucky in the autumn By Jamie Nimmo For The Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 22:31 BST, 8 August 2020 | Updated: 22:31 BST, 8 August 2020 He quit his father’s … Read more
Animals that carry infectious diseases like Ebola and the virus causing COVID-19 thrive in human-made habitats such as cities and farmland, scientists have found. Researchers reviewed 184 studies of 376 host species – animals that pass a virus to humans – including bats, birds, rodents and primates. They found the conversion of natural habitats to human-used … Read more
Top of the agenda for many big firms across Britain and the world in recent years is to find ways to help reduce their environmental footprint and become more sustainable. This has been driven by consumer demand for change and warnings over irreversible damage by large companies, who can make small improvements to help that … Read more
Farmers WILL have a say in the chlorinated chicken row as industry figures are appointed to a new Trade and Agriculture Commission Liz Truss appointed farm industry experts to Trade and Agriculture Commission National Farming Union and veterinary groups among those to be represented International Trade Secretary under pressure not to compromise produce quality in … Read more
Until the pandemic came along, The Archers seemed indestructible. Nearly 70 years old, Radio 4’s everyday story of country folk is the world’s longest-running drama, and still draws several million listeners every week. At any rate, it used to. Whether it will have such a large and happy audience when Covid-19 finally departs our shores … Read more