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Features

Subsidised biogas from maize is damaging the UK’s food & farming systems

One-third of the total maize area planted in the UK now goes to anaerobic digestors for biogas. Nick Easen reports on this rising monopoly.

Environment and ethics Farming Renewable energy

WL Meets

WL Meets: Stuart Oates, the farmer trying to go fossil fuel free

Agroecology Environment and ethics Farming

News

The AGtivist: Sustainable Farming Incentive a mixed bag as small farmers lose out

UK Gov Farming Politics

The AGtivist

The AGtivist: Imported meat bypassing UK border hygiene checks, raises risk of disease

Wicked Leeks looks into the latest in a long catalogue of dangerous biosecurity failings that are leaving the UK’s livestock sector vulnerable to outbreaks

Farming Health Meat

Features

Farming’s big plastic problem – and emerging solutions

A study of soil taken from 100 British farms found microplastic contamination at every site, writes Nick Easen

The AGtivist

The AGtivist investigates the use of contaminated sewage sludge as fertiliser on UK farms

The use of sewage sludge as farm fertiliser poses major environmental and health risks, finds The AGtivist

Features

Are biostimulants the future of eco-friendly farming?

They used to be called muck and magic, but biostimulants are gaining in popularity as more growers look to boost soil and plant health the natural way