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Opinion: Low prices make it hard to meet new farming water rules

Opinion: Low prices make it hard to meet new farming water rules >More in © Tim Scrivener What have Russia’s actions in Ukraine got to do with the poor state of rivers in this country? I’ll come back to that later, but first let us consider the Farming Rules for Water (FRW). The FRW that came into force in 2018 are regulations that apply where agriculture could cause diffuse pollution – pollution that comes from a wide area or range of sources. Under FRW, farmers and growers have to prevent manure, fertiliser and soil getting into watercourses and affecting water quality.

New hub to inspire farmers to help protect soils

New hub to inspire farmers to help protect soils 8 January 2021 | The online hub will issue guidance for farmers on how to support healthy soils A new online community hub has been launched to inspire farmers and land managers to take action to better understand soil and care for it. Experts hope the hub will inspire policymakers, researchers, farmers and the public to protect the precious but degrading resource . The UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) warns that a third of the world’s soils are degraded due to intensive agriculture, pollution and climate change. This has resulted in large amounts of carbon dioxide being released into the atmosphere, threatening long-term sustainable food production.

Farm tenant wins top award for agroforestry study

Published: 11:01 AM December 17, 2020    Stephen Briggs, who is a tenant of the Cambridgeshire County Farms Estate, has won the Stephen and Gill Bullock Award for his research into agroforestry systems. - Credit: CAMBS COUNCIL A Fenland farmer whose business now employs 11 people and generates an annual turnover of £400,000 has won a national award for his research into agroforestry systems. Stephen Briggs built a farm shop, café and education centre at his farm in Farcet three years ago thanks to a £250,000 investment from Cambridgeshire County Council. A tenant of the Cambridgeshire County Farms Estate, Mr Briggs work investigated how farmers in other countries operated agroforestry systems. 

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