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The price of British wool has gone up. But does it even cover the cost of shearing? Below ground, we listen to new research on the sounds fr...
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The price of British wool has gone up. But does it even cover the cost of shearing? Below ground, we listen to new research on the sounds fr...

The price of wool from British sheep is at a ten year high - on average farmers will see a 70 per cent increase on last year. However that w...

The use of the herbicide glyphosate has been long debated, and it’s going to come under intense scrutiny in the coming months. This summer,...

A new propagation technique could help restore the ash tree to our landscapes. Scientists across the UK have been working to propagate sapli...

Neolithic peoples made the transition from being nomadic hunter-gatherers to crop-growing farmers, and their diets are the subject of numero...

Farmers are hoping for more rain in May after an unusually dry and windy April in many part of the UK. The East of England had between 2 and...

Farmers are hoping that a dry April will be followed by a wet few weeks. Some parts of the country, notably in the East of England, have had...

Mixing trees and farming in agro-forestry: why the key to resilient farming could be trees. We're looking at this all this week and today we...

A 40 hectare greenhouse has been given the go-ahead in Essex. It'll be the UK's second largest, and will be powered and heated by a domestic...

A new collaboration has been set up between scientists and the fishing industry in Cornwall, to integrate scientific research with the real...

A landmark legal case over water pollution gets underway later today. Thousands of people are part of the case which claims that chicken far...

A new trial is starting this summer, as part of a programme to develop a vaccine for people against bird flu. 3000 volunteers are needed fro...

Whilst the cost of producing a crop is up, particularly the cost of fuel and fertiliser, the price paid for it hasn't risen by anything like...

A new report warns that UK farming's reliance on imported fertiliser and minerals, puts it at risk in times of geopolitical stress. Analysis...

A new trial is starting this summer, as part of the third phase of a programme to develop a vaccine for people against bird flu. 3000 volunt...

The pig industry has published a new environmental roadmap to help the sector produce pork more sustainably. It's being led by the AHDB and...

The Ulster Farmers Union is calling for government help for farmers, because of the impact of the war in Iran on fuel and fertiliser prices....

A new independent report, commissioned by DEFRA, examines the unique challenges facing upland farmers and communities in England. We speak t...

The English Uplands are special and defined as areas of elevated land with rugged terrain from moorlands to mountains and typically above 30...

New research suggests that dredging is affecting water quality in Lough Neagh. Scientists from Queen's University Belfast believe that comme...
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