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When fifth generation grower, James Smith, of Loddington Farm in Kent lost his love for the land, it was adapting to a regenerative farming model that brought the entire business back to life. Alice Dyer reports.

The petitioners have called for the Government to ban the erection of solar panels on land which could be used to grow food and fibre or plant trees

Blistering temperatures across the country this week have led a farm animal welfare charity and a water company to dish out unsolicited advice to farmers and growers.

A moorland wildfire has released carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions equivalent to the annual carbon footprint of a small town of 4,000 people, a new report has found.

With public and private money being funnelled into regen agriculture, farmers are considering changing their practices to make them sustainable. But how can you begin the journey? Cedric Porter and Jez Fredenburgh report.

A new program of support is available for farming families looking to reduce their carbon footprint.

The heatwave in the UK and much of the rest of Europe has breathed some life into the grain market, which last week fell to its lowest levels since March.

Defra Secretary George Eustice has batted away concerns raised by the Climate Change Committee (CCC) that agriculture’s progress on cutting emissions is ‘glacial’.

The Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF) has called for a rethink of the way farm animals are fed, branding the current approach ‘inherently inefficient’.

Action was needed to enable farmers to properly benefit from the emerging carbon market, the Chartered Association of Agricultural Valuers (CAAV) conference was told.