Britain Farmers

Wednesday, 24 April 2024

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Not so cheap as chips! Potato prices soar as the cost of Britain

The Daily Mail 21 Apr 2024

Potato prices are soaring as the cost of Britain's record rainfall hits the nation's shopping baskets. Some farmers, whose land has been under water for months, face having no spring harvest of veg for the first time since the Second World War.

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Liz Truss undaunted by 50 disastrous days in Number 10

RTE 21 Apr 2024

When Liz Truss stepped down after 50 disastrous days as prime minister it seemed that would be the last of her on Britain's national stage ... She does not match the current mood in Britain either.

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Could the recent record rainfall leave our supermarket shelves empty?

This is Money 19 Apr 2024

British farmers have long been at the mercy of the weather ... it could start to significantly disrupt Britain's supply chains. And it is not just British farmers that have been affected.

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Earthworm crowned UK invertebrate of the year by Guardian readers

The Observer 15 Apr 2024

Earthworms can bring 40 tonnes of soil to the surface per hectare a year in Britain. Their usefulness is increasingly hailed in an era where regenerative farmers and many others are paying new attention to soil health ... Share. Reuse this content. .

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Wet weather, flood risks threaten Britain's food security, farmers warn

Xinhua 12 Apr 2024

LONDON, April 12 (Xinhua) -- The continued wet weather and intense flooding have been impacting farm businesses and threatening food security in Britain, farmers warned ... Wet weather, flood risks threaten Britain's food security, farmers warn.

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Are we really reaching ‘farmaggedon’?

The Spectator 12 Apr 2024

I happened to be walking in the Cambridgeshire fens this morning while listening to the latest instalment of ‘farmageddon’ – the narrative that Britain is facing food shortages due to biblical levels of rain over the winter.

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Why are British farmers pleading for a universal basic income?

Al Jazeera 10 Apr 2024

They contend that farmers in England, the most populous of Britain’s four constituent nations and which makes up 53.4 percent of the UK’s total landmass, are getting a “raw deal” from the British government ... How would a UBI work for British farmers?.

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Farmers warn of food shortages after wettest 18 months on record threatens to bring first year...

The Daily Mail 10 Apr 2024

Farmers issued an urgent warning over food shortages today after record rainfall threatened the first year without harvest since the end of the Second World War ... 'It isn't just the cereal farmers that are being impacted.

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Ground-up chicken waste and excreta fed to cattle may be behind bird flu outbreak in ...

Sott 10 Apr 2024

In contrast to Britain and Europe, American farmers are still allowed to feed cattle and other farm animals ground-up waste from other animals including birds ... Comment.

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Would YOU have a Bronze Age burial?

The Daily Mail 10 Apr 2024

A crop of new burial barrows modelled after the original versions from the Bronze Age are being built around Britain ... Britain's first barrow for thousands of years built by Wilshire farmer.

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Ground-up chicken waste fed to cattle may be behind bird flu outbreak in US cows

AOL 09 Apr 2024

In contrast to Britain and Europe, American farmers are still allowed to feed cattle and other farm animals ground-up waste from other animals including birds ... .

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Fears over cancer-causing ‘forever chemicals’ found in fruit and veg

Metro UK 09 Apr 2024

Pan UK is urging the government to ban the 25 PFA pesticides currently in use in Britain, six of which are classified as ‘highly hazardous’ ... ‘Getting rid of them would be a massive win for consumers, farmers and the environment.’ More Trending.

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By the Dawn’s Early Light

Dissident Voice 08 Apr 2024

The British had just burned the U.S ... The war with Britain, however, disrupted foreign trade. As one of the United States’ largest trading partners, Britain used its navy to blockade U.S ... farmers and manufacturers from exporting merchandise, blocked U.S.

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By the Dawn’s Early Light: On the Fall of the Francis Scott Key Bridge. Was ...

GlobalResearch 08 Apr 2024

Global Research Referral Drive ... *** ... The war with Britain, however, disrupted foreign trade. As one of the United States’ largest trading partners, Britain used its navy to blockade U.S ... farmers and manufacturers from exporting merchandise, blocked U.S.

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Father-to-be left £1M out of pocket after flooding turns home into an island only accessible ...

The Daily Mail 07 Apr 2024

A young farmer has been left more than £1million out of pocket after his fields were flooded by eight-foot deep water when a river burst its banks ... At its peak, the floodwater covered around 2,000 acres of fields owned by 'six or seven' farmers.