Vietnam, a major rice exporter, is aiming to transform its farming techniques by reducing its emissions of methane, a greenhouse gas. Rice paddies generate methane due to flooded conditions inhibiting soil oxygen, making up 8 percent of human-made methane emissions globally. The
More than 20,000 farms would be at risk of going bust under a Welsh Labour plan (Image: GETTY/ADAM GERRARD) More than 20,000 farms would be at risk of going bust if a Welsh conservation scheme were to be enforced in England, a
Joe has been unable to plant any significant crops this spring (Image: ROWAN GRIFFITHS) Leicestershire farmer Joe Stanley, 39, is facing his first-ever year without harvest and stands to lose roughly £300,000 in a devastating outcome for his business. From October 2023
Politicians and agriculturists are sounding the alarm after the UK was hit by a ‘relentless’ barrage (Image: ROWAN GRIFFITHS) EXCLUSIVE: Politicians and agriculturists sound the alarm after the UK was hit by a “relentless” barrage of rainfall on the worst scale in
A farmer will lose £100,000 this year after excessive rainfall turned his home into an island. Land owned by Henry Ward, 33, has been accessible only via boat since October 2023, when Storm Babet flooded the Barlings Eau River in two places.
The leader of an association of top U.S. state agriculture officials on Wednesday said his country might want to take advantage of reforms underway in Cuba, possibly through investments. “There seems to be a new Cuba that is emerging and it may
Rishi Sunak has taken aim at the Welsh Government over new subsidies which will “decimate farming communities” in Wales. Farmers will have to commit to planting trees on 10% of their land and allocate another 10% for wildlife habitats as part of
A farming union boss has failed to rule out protests on Britain’s streets by farmers but admitted concerns about slashing public support for the industry. Minette Batters, president of the National Farmers Union, worried about losing the backing of the British public
Jeremy Clarkson has waded into a farming row and slammed the Welsh government’s latest plans as “completely daft”. The Grand Tour presenter was reacting to a new funding scheme introduced by the Welsh government that would see farmers obliged to stick to
A joint police and RSPCA probe was launched after people who purchased sick dogs raised the alarm. (Image: SWNS) Members of a puppy farming gang have been jailed after pocketing more than £500k from selling sick dogs to unsuspecting customers. Wally David