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Farmers Weekly The EU’s food safety regulator has published its peer assessment on glyphosate, which concludes the world’s most widely used weedkiller does not pose “unacceptable” risks to health. The European Food Safety…

Farmers Weekly This week, we look into Natural England’s controversial decision to designate Penwith Moors in Cornwall the UK’s largest SSSI. As a flaming June means it’s all go for harvest 23, we find out whether early…

Farmers Weekly Farmers in England can run temporary campsites for up to 60 days a year without planning permission after the government more than doubled the permitted development right (PDR) for this business activity from…

Farmers Weekly We have introduced six of our Sussex cows onto the heathland at home. It was a big step because, managed through Nofence collars, they will become ecological engineers, browsing scrub and trampling bracken to…

Farmers Weekly Building confidence via networks of farmers will be crucial to the successful implementation of the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) and rollout of agroecological practices on UK farms. This is according to…

Farmers Weekly Set-stocking is easy, it gives animals choice, and it is cheap because no investment in infrastructure is needed, yet its major downside is constant overgrazing, says LIC consultant Bess Jowsey. “Animals can…

Farmers Weekly From decision-making on crop dryer settings to variety choices for the next cropping year, there is value to be had in being able to quickly access and make use of data collected on the combine. And whether…