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Show more ambition in ELM to support better soils, Defra told
Farmers Weekly Defra must show more ambition in its support for healthy soils as the foundation for sustainable food production in its Environmental Land Management (ELM) schemes, industry leaders say. Cross-party MPs from…
Ceres Group to merge with property and planning specialist
Farmers Weekly A rural consultancy and its property division are joining forces with a planning specialist in a move designed to strengthen its position in the property sector. Ceres Group, an umbrella business for Ceres…
Lipsey Logistics blames weak freight market for layoffs
Chattanooga, Tennessee-based Lipsey Logistics has confirmed that it was forced to cut a number of jobs as the result of a “constrained and declining freight market.” “We have taken initiative for restructuring, controlling…
Farmer Focus: Milk price nosedive put improvements on ice
Farmers Weekly The past month has brought another 5 euro cents/litre (4.4p/litre) price drop from our milk processor Tirlán/Glanbia, bringing the March base milk price to 44.08 euro cents/litre (39p/litre). This follows…
Carbon offsetting ‘pricing Welsh farmers out of land market’
Farmers Weekly Mass tree planting is driving farmers off the land in one upland region of Wales. Four farms around the rural community of Abergwesyn, Powys, have been bought by investors from outside agriculture, including a…
How new tech aims to improve soil carbon measurement
Farmers Weekly Measuring soil organic carbon accurately has always been difficult. But with the rise in interest in carbon trading in agriculture, as well as the other benefits from managing carbon stocks in soils, companies…
On test: CF Moto challenges the big brands with new ATV line
Farmers Weekly While the West has been casually writing off Chinese products as cheap tat, its manufacturers have been beavering away to make them better… a lot better. The tsunami of throwaway plastic goods still forms a…
Shipping stock sell-off: Shares down double digits since March
Look at virtually any stock chart in any ocean shipping sector and you’ll see a similar pattern. Sometime around late February or early March, shares hit a high for the year to date, posting strong gains versus Jan. 1. Then…
Westport Posts Q1 Loss
Westport Fuel Systems Inc. shifted to the red from the black in the first three months of 2023, it said May 9.
XPO Confirms Job Cuts to Reduce Labor Costs
GREENWICH, Conn. — XPO, one of the world’s largest freight transporters, is reducing its workforce as part of a cost-cutting plan.
