Environmental News

Gardeners told to put their feet up this bank holiday weekend to help wildlife.

Warm weather this week after a prolonged dry period across much of the south east of England has prompted wildfire warnings.

The risk of blowfly strike has now risen to ‘medium’ in parts of southern and central England, according to real-time updates produced by Elanco and the National Animal Disease Information Service (Nadis).

More than 680,000 bees are on a unique spring break at the Hadlow Estate in Kent, to help it get the very best from its fruit orchards.

43% of UK fruit and vegetables are being produced sustainably to the LEAF Marque Standard, it was revealed as LEAF (Linking Environment And Farming) announces its latest global impacts.

Conservation and Environmental cropping schemes are likely to play a larger part in our future land management and with a new scheme on the horizon (NELMS), there has never been a better time to evaluate the farms environmental potential.

ADA has set out recommendations in line with Government guidelines to ensure that the landscape and rural communities remain defended during this national emergency.

It’s a topic that’s received plenty of newspaper column inches of late and with official targets set, climate change won’t be ignored any longer.

Valtra is teaming up with fertiliser company Yara in a project that aims to achieve a significant reduction in the environmental impacts of meat and dairy production and increased productivity of grassland production.

As climate change fears ramp up, consumers are being urged to reduce or eliminate meat from their diets, with veganism being presented as a way to help save the planet.

A new-build development forming part of an existing fruit farm in Cornwall will soon see more than fruit coming out of the ground, it will also be extracting heat.

Farmers have just days left to submit a request for a Countryside Stewardship Scheme (CSS) mid-tier application pack if they want to apply for an agreement starting on 1 January 2020, according to land and property specialists Strutt & Parker.