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"Nature-friendly farming budget swells in UK – but cuts elsewhere make recovery fraught"
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Nature-friendly farming budget swells in UK – but cuts elsewhere make recovery fraught
Progress on nature-positive farming – but habitats still trail big-ticket technology

"‘A Trojan horse’: how toxic sewage sludge became a threat to the future of British farming"
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It's all go on the harvest around here. Very very busy farmers. Loads of tractors hauling those big grain trailers. Dusty tails blowing across the roads. It's great to see.
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Listening to farmers telling us how difficult farming is on Woman’s Hour. I don’t doubt that it’s hard work, but if it’s making you ill, maybe do something else?
And quit your whinging about #inheritancetax - even the few farmers that do qualify will only pay half the rate that non-farmers do.
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"Weetabix’s wheat growers cut on-farm emissions with lower-nitrogen approach"
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"More than 80% of UK farmers worried about climate crisis harming livelihood, study finds"
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"How farmers are becoming unexpected heroes in the bird migration crisis"
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How farmers are becoming unexpected heroes in the bird migration crisis
Across the Americas, rice and crawfish farmers are helping keep migrating birds alive by transforming their land into makeshift wetlands.Lela Nargi reports for Knowable Magazine.In short:Bird populations like ducks, cranes, and sandpipers are plummeting as wetlands vanish due to climate change and d...

"Fund for nature-friendly farming to be slashed in UK spending review"
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"English farms could be taken out of food production to boost nature, says minister"
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