BrainCan - farming

would british farmers be better off in or out of...

Environment department ministers are at odds over whether a Brexit would be salubrious for...

fine days for harvesting: country diary 50 years...

Originally published in the Guardian on 26 August 1966HAMPSHIRE: The wondrous fine days of last week...

the country needs more ploughmen and gardeners:...

Originally published in the Manchester Guardian on 8 November 1916From Cumberland I hear that the...

the wider effects of ending farm subsidies |...

Huw Jones charts the impact on farming of cuts in support and Michael McLoughlin looks at the causes...

the guardian view on farming after brexit: not...

Environment secretary Michael Gove has a radical plot for the future. Tough luck on the petite...

meat eating could save the planet | letters

George Monbiot’s demonisation of meat eating (Your festive meal could be worse than a long-haul...

100 years ago: the first sweet scent of harvest

Originally published in the Manchester Guardian on 5 August 1916Surrey,August 3There is more straw...

proof that sustainable meat and dairy farming can...

David Finlay writes that his experiment in sustainable and ethical meat and dairy farming shows that...

the european union is an ongoing disaster for...

Former international development secretary Andrew Mitchell speaks for Africas 1 billion people when...

agricultural policy under michael gove | letters

Allan Buckwell says British farmers are not ‘subsidised’,Jane Mardell and Richard Middleton...

the case for farming subsidies after brexit |...

George Monbiot makes many profitable points (Farmers fear life outside the EU,but it could mean a...

worlds first no kill eggs go on sale in berlin

Scientists can now quickly determine a chick’s gender before it hatches,potentially ending the...

what will happen to farmers like me when brexit...

Uncertainty seems the only thing we can be certain of after 25 years of EU regulation. But this...

switching to organic farming could cut greenhouse...

Study also finds that converting conventionally farmed land would not overly harm crop yields or...

experience: i watched my dad die - and then come...

I ran to him and held his hand; it was tense but there was no pulse. Then I felt it relax. There...

anxious wait as the cow goes into labour | country...

Allendale,Northumberland I watch a contraction surge across her back, a muscular ripple beneath her...

cows carry flesh, but they carry personality too :...

They may be crucial products in a vast industry – but abandoning our relationship with the cattle...

one step beyond organic or free range: dutch...

Poultry owner claims his fresh approach has the highest welfare standards and lowest cost to...

after a piggy morning, few things are more...

The secret life of a pig farmer: I don’t earn enough,given the hours I work and the injuries I...

farming and humanity versus the environment |...

Guy Smith says it’s unfair to point the finger at farming as the cause of environmental...

greek farmers deliver ultimatum to tsipras

After a month of blockading roads in protest at reforms,farmers will sit down with the government...

hi tech agriculture is freeing the farmer from his...

Robots to pick,drones to survey crops and satellites to drive tractors - experts predict a fully...

eat insects and fake meat to cut impact of...

Changes in diet are vital to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and deforestation caused by the...

james rebanks: sheep are fast. for 500 you d need...

The shepherd,41, on the history and poetry of the Lake District, and ‘obnoxious,posh people’ at...

a right to repair: why nebraska farmers are taking...

Farmers like fixing their own equipment,but rules imposed by tremendous corporations are making it...

my beef is truly local. if only that were true of...

A Gloucester farmer argues for an ethical food supply chain that will benefit consumers and...

there s a population crisis all right. but...

While all eyes are on human numbers,it’s the rise in farm animals that is laying the planet...

joe henson obituary

Farmer who fought to save rare breeds and educate the public approximately the importance of...

milk price row: somerset farmers fear for future...

James Hole’s family bear kept cows for generations. This year his farm will execute its first loss...

avoiding meat and dairy is single biggest way to...

Biggest analysis to date reveals enormous footprint of livestock - it provides just 18% of calories...

farming sector aims to cut antibiotics use to help...

Taskforce from UK’s pig,dairy and poultry farming sectors will aim to bring down exercise seen as...

brexit would leave uk farmers up to €34,000...

Research for NFU suggests the sector would have a mixed future external the EU,with some farmers...

plant growing season in uk now a month longer than...

Met Office record shows growing season in past 10 years is on average 29 days longer than between...

think dairy farming is benign? our rivers tell a...

whether a river was polluted by any other industry than farming,there’d be outrage. But we don’t...

if consumers knew how farmed chickens were raised,...

The debate approximately animal welfare has intensifiedThe year 2012 marked a leap forward for...

biofuels, plastics and drugs: is this the future...

Climate change and destitute returns on wheat and dairy drive rural revolution in ‘future-proof’...

patchwork ploughing: australian farmer creates...

A South Australian farmer has transformed his land into a gigantic geometric patchwork in a tender...

can farms be good for nature without being...

The biological-or-not debate ignores a crucial further option. Setting aside tracts of land for...

will reintroduced lynx hunt britains sheep?

Farmers are concerned that the reintroduced predator will kill livestock,but research from other...

george monbiot is wrong to suggest small farms are...

Monbiot has criticised ecomodernism for endorsing agricultural modernisation,but this is the way to...

a vegan shadow agriculture minister is a good move...

Jeremy Corbyn’s appointment of Kerry McCarthy has met with predictable criticism,but is a...

clean, green new zealand is a lie - and a warning...

Michael Gove plans to slash farmers’ subsidies while enhancing the environment post-Brexit. New...

you can buy a cheap chicken today, but we all pay...

Industrial agriculture comes with a tall cost to the environment and people’s health,says a...

farming in the uk: share your photos and...

To coincide with the Farming to London March on Wednesday 23 March,we’d like to hear from farmers...

nsw farmers member quits executive in dispute over...

Joshua Gilbert says he was told he would be publicly attacked whether he spoke out against the...

mega farms devastating effects go far beyond the...

Ben McCarthy of Plantlife,Ruth Borthwick of the creative writing charity Arvon, Minette Batters of...

13m cows, one app: the city slickers selling...

Technology startup Livestock Wealth allows the country’s newly wealthy to invest in a traditional...

turning cartwheels back to long lost harvests

Little Gransden,Cambridgeshire The iron wheels spoke of long-ago summers and children cadging rides...

brexit negotiators urged to examine tougher rules...

Campaigners and politicians say discussion is a matter of urgency following fresh revelations of...

we simply want to be able to afford to keep going:...

Whether it is falling dairy prices,land costs or the pressures of paperwork, we asked British...

has the nfu presidents farm led by example when it...

The farm jointly owned by Meurig Raymond has twice been the site of incidents which have led to...

prime minister to warn exit from eu would cost...

David Cameron says without single market cost of exporting British beef will soar to £240m,with 90m...

the central valley is sinking: drought forces...

As people dig ever deeper to find water,nearly 1200 square miles of California is sinking 2 inches a...

uk opposition to farming emissions cuts could cost...

Campaigners condemn UK moves to vote down legally binding EU curbs on agricultural emissions,warning...

eaten sweet potato? then you ve had a gm meal |...

The sweet potato (commonly called a yam) is a familiar vegetable on our supermarket shelves and it...

cider in a rosy pink land

St Dominic,Tamar Valley, Cornwall The light haloes trees near the river and tinges stubble fields...

living next door to 17 million chickens: we want a...

Ukrainian villagers living in the shadow of Europes biggest chicken farm are fighting back – not...

farmland could be turned into meadows post brexit,...

Gove will order farmers that the current subsidy regime,which rewards land ownership, will be...

brexit brings new questions about investing down...

When Common Agricultural Policy payments come to an halt,what will they be replaced with? And what...

farmers warned bluetongue disease likely to arrive...

80% chance that potentially fatal virus in sheep and cattle will arrive from France,carried by...

food in season: spring - a time of transition

This transitional season when the sun comes out,then disappears as hastily as it arrived, can...

dairy s dirty secret : its still cheaper to kill...

Dairy farms need female cows to produce milk but with slight demand for male calves many farmers...

tesco faces legal threat over marketing its food...

Charity accuses UK supermarkets of misleading customers with fake farm branding and claims Tesco is...

two thirds of europeans support ban on glyphosate ...

Concerns remain chemical widely used in agriculture as a herbicide can kill all plants,algae,...

farming to london march 2016: share your photos...

To coincide with the Farming to London March on Wednesday 23 March,we’d like to hear from farmers...

well done, greg hunt. farmers (and the rest of us)...

With the environment minister’s concession to farmers who have been fighting coal seam gas,we have...

ministers abandon plan to scrap farm animal...

Defra confirms U-turn after outcry over move to repeal legislation and keep industry in charge of...

cheap imports force uk pig farmers out of business

Glut of pork – thanks in part to Russian ban – sends prices plungingThe much British breakfast...

the bbc is right to toughen up countryfile | james...

We have become ashamed of death and too squeamish in our dealings with natureThey look like...

uk farmers join brussels protest over milk and...

Environment secretary Elizabeth Truss to push for the creation of a new futures and insurance market...

dutch cow poo overload causes an environmental...

Dairy farms in the Netherlands are producing so much dung they can’t procure rid of it safely. Now...

uk farmers call for cross country pipelines after...

Farmers and conservationists warn of water shortage,with ‘water shunting from wet north to dry...

revealed: mrsa variant found in british pork at...

Tests find UK-produced pork products infected with the livestock strain of the superbug,with...

government planning to repeal animal welfare codes

Poultry industry to supervise chicken-farming standards as ministers move to create industry-led...

uk environment ministers at odds over brexit...

George Eustice tells NFU conference that leaving the EU would mean £2bn for farming and the...

farmers clash with police in brussels during milk...

British farmers among an estimated 4000 that blockaded city centre as European ministers hold...

growing underground: the fresh herbs sprouting...

Daily crops grown in former air raid shelters under Clapham supply markets and a domestic delivery...

free range egg definition criticised as soon as...

Advocacy groups and Australian Capital Territory consumer affairs minister say a density of 10000...

british supermarket chickens show record levels of...

Food Standards Agency reports ‘significant increase’ of harmful pathogen campylobacter in...

glenn lazarus says he hopes senate gas inquiry...

Senator dubs investigation the ‘Bender inquiry’ in honour of Queensland farmer whose suicide...

live animal export rules to be reviewed by...

Focus of inquiry will be ‘unnecessarily burdensome,complex or redundant’ regulations in the...

pollution from nfu presidents family farm led to...

Farm at centre of pollution incident co-owned by Meurig Raymond,whose organisation has lobbied to...

more than half of uks food sourced from abroad,...

Researchers warn that the damage done by the amount of food and feed coming from abroad has an...

liz truss urges farmers to stay within the eu

Environment secretary says Brexit would be ‘leap into the gloomy’ and wrong choice for farmers...

can the smashing pumpkin open our eyes to modern...

It’s boom time in the fields thanks to Halloween. Might this be a good time to think approximately...

japanese firm to open world s first robot run farm

Spread says it will open the fully automated farm with robots handling nearly every step of the...

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