Rural News

A statement from LEAF’s CEO, Caroline Drummond, regarding the 2020 event : When lockdown was enforced in March, we took the difficult decision to postpone LEAF Open Farm Sunday from 7th June

Britain’s annual pea harvest takes place each year from June – August, marking the busiest part of the season for the UK pea industry. Great British Pea Week (6th – 12th July 2020), now in its fifth year, celebrates the UK pea season and champions the industry that works around the clock each summer to deliver frozen peas to the nation.

This year’s NMR RABDF Gold Cup competition, which is celebrating its 100th year, has now opened for entries.

The British Cattle Breeders Club Conference will be held virtually in 2021 due to uncertainty caused by Covid-19. 

A website created to help farmers find fruit and veg pickers in the Covid-19 crisis, which has resulted in a shortage of overseas workers, has now registered 25,000 people.

Farmers in Severn Trent priority catchments are being encouraged to sign up to the Farm to Tap scheme to receive up to £5/ha for protecting watercourses from metaldehyde.

Telford’s annual UK Dairy Day has become the latest event in the farming calendar to be postponed or cancelled following the Covid-19 pandemic.

The second year of a campaign by the British levy bodies has succeeded in reaching 17 million people, helping to bring a more balanced perspective to public discussion around the health properties of red meat.

It is with regret that the National Sheep Association (NSA) is today announcing the unfortunate cancellation of this years NSA Sheep Event 2020.

Over the past two months, the UK’s largest food and farming scheme has seen 6,300 members complete remote assessments on farm.

Sustainable farming organisation LEAF (Linking Environment and Farming) has recently welcomed two new demonstration farms, recognising them as centres of excellence for sustainable farming.

A global survey of large scale farmers in the USA, France, China, Brazil, India and across Africa for Syngenta Group found 72% are worried about the impact climate change will have on crop yields, animal health and their ability to do business over the next five years.