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🌾 Nearly 80% of farmers surveyed would consider growing gene-edited crops within five years
The Defra-funded PROBITY survey found 78% were open to adoption, with just 3% ruling it out
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🚨 Defra forecast the risk of SFI closing on opening day months before the scheme shut within six hours
Newly released government documents reveal officials had modelled exceptionally high demand for environmental farming payments
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🚨🐑 60 sheep dead. £20,000 lost. £5,000 spent on replacement rams
Devon farmer Mark Walter faces a long road to recovery after bluetongue devastated his flock, with fertility problems threatening future lambing seasons
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🚨 A pregnant heifer weighing 550kg has been stolen from an East Devon farm, prompting a police appeal amid concerns for her welfare
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❤️🚜 A father is putting his cherished Ford tractor up for auction in the hope of raising £30,000 for the hospital that saved his son's life following a heart transplant
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🚨 Britain's fresh produce sector could face over £300m in extra annual costs under the proposed UK-EU trade reset, the sector warns
It fears additional import checks could push up fruit and vegetable prices
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🚨 British farmers face higher fertiliser bills under new carbon tax
Farmers could be hit with additional production costs when the UK's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) takes effect in January 2027, the NFU has warned
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🚨 Some Welsh dairy farmers are selling milk at a loss as costs continue to soar, unions warn
Farmers are facing mounting financial pressure, with some producing milk below cost of production as rising input costs squeeze tight margins
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🚨 Scottish farm funding has lost 27% of its buying power – and farmers want action
NFU Scotland is demanding an additional £183m in agricultural support, warning that rising costs are putting increasing pressure on farmers and crofters
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🚨 Welsh holiday let owners have until 23 October to challenge the 182-day tax rule
Some businesses have reportedly faced unexpected bills worth tens of thousands of pounds
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🚨 Bird flu confirmed at Northumberland free range poultry farm
Free-range hens are to be culled after highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu was confirmed near Belford on Monday 19 October
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🚨🐑 Britain's sheep industry could face major changes to livestock transport under a proposed UK-EU trade reset
Journey times, livestock market waiting periods, temperature limits and trailer headroom are among the concerns being raised
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🌱 Growing beans before barley could cut environmental impacts by 25%, new research suggests
Scientists found the following barley crop needed 22kg/ha less synthetic nitrogen fertiliser, while yields were higher in four of five years studied
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❗🐑 Some of Britain's rarest livestock breeds have bluetongue vaccination rates below 20%, raising serious concerns about their protection from the disease
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You don't have to eat meat. But you don't get to tell everyone else they shouldn't 🥩🇬🇧
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⚠️ Farmers have been warned that selling or passing on leftover bluetongue vaccines is illegal, as the disease reaches more than 3,300 premises across the UK and concerns grow over unreported infections
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Farming can be more than producing food — and 18 Northern Ireland farms are getting a funding boost to prove it
More than £130,000 has been offered to help farms improve facilities and expand social farming opportunities
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