Agriculture

Ready to Garden? Start Here

Starting a garden can be a big step. Knowing what to plant, when, and how–that t...

Why One Group is Suing the Government Over Malathion, a...

Malathion, a commonly used pesticide for both agricultural use and home gardenin...

Growing Corn in the Desert, No Irrigation Required

This story was originally published by Reasons to be Cheerful, and is reprinted ...

Opinion: A More Resilient Food System Starts at the Com...

It’s time to look beyond the Farm Bill.    The Farm Bill, passed once every five...

A Secret Weapon in Agriculture’s Climate Fight: Ants

The ant scurries along on six nimble legs. It catches up to its peers, a line of...

Opinion: The US Doesn’t Grow Enough Food – But We Could

Despite having nearly a billion acres of prime farmland and a population of only...

In Bad Naturalist, an Author Settles on a Mountain Top ...

Years ago, author Paula Whyman left her DC-area home in search of a rural spot, ...

Why the West Needs Prairie Dogs

The prairie dog caught in Trap 69 was angry. And who could blame her? After waki...

08/02/25 Farming Today This Week: illegal meat imports,...

MPs are told that animal products from Germany continued to enter the UK after a...

07/02/2025

Scottish farming leaders have been told they need to be more effective in callin...

06/02/25 - Call for countrywide bird flu housing order,...

Egg producers want the Government to order all free range chickens inside to pro...

05/02/25 - Illegal meat imports, council farms and plan...

Animal products from Germany were still getting into the UK days after the Gover...

04/02/25 - UK-EU trade relations, the Rock Review, Brec...

The Prime Minister has been with EU Leaders in Brussels intending to 're-set' th...

03/02/25 - Tenant farmers, silage competition, slow fas...

Silage is the preserved chopped grass or other crops that farmers feed to livest...

01/02/25 - Land Use Framework, inheritance tax, avian flu

There are a lot of different things we want land to deliver - growing food, prod...

29/01/25 - Avian flu in people, housing orders for bird...

After the the UK Health Security Agency confirmed a case of avian flu in a perso...

28/01/25 - Storm clear-up, agricultural valuers and Wel...

A patch of commercial forest has been left "flattened" by Storm Eowyn and lookin...

27/01/25 - Crops in a new climate, International Barley...

As the climate warms, UK farmers may be able to start growing new crops - from o...

25/01/25 - Farming Today This Week: Inheritance tax, sh...

This week, the Government has refused emergency use of pesticides shown to harm ...

24/01/25 - Inheritance tax, sheep scanning, neonics and...

The dispute over the proposed inheritance tax on farms continues, with the UK's ...

23/01/25 Climate change impact on Scottish marine life,...

Climate change is altering the number, variety and distribution of plants and an...

22/01/25 - US undocumented farmworkers, hedge laying, a...

There are concerns food production in The United States could be affected by Pre...

21/01/25 - Farm Assurance Review, sandeel court case an...

"Too many farmers feel farm assurance is 'done to them' rather than 'delivered w...

20/01/25 - Warnings over the future of the Scottish sal...

There has been a 'lack of progress' from the Scottish Government in implementing...

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