Farming opinion: Holding police to account in battle against rural crime
The National Rural Crime Survey makes stark reading, says Ben Underwood, CLA East regional director
Farming opinion: Retiring farmers ‘will need new homes post-Brexit’
For families forced to cease farming or seeking a way to retire and enable the next generation to take on the farm business, access to housing is crucial, argues Country Land and Business Association (CLA) East regional director Ben Underwood
Farming opinion: Retiring farmers ‘will need new homes post-Brexit’
For families forced to cease farming or seeking a way to retire and enable the next generation to take on the farm business, access to housing is crucial, argues Country Land and Business Association (CLA) East regional director Ben Underwood
Farming opinion: Tackling countryside scourge of flytipping
Fly-tipping is a menace that is blighting the countryside and the lives of those who live and work in it. The CLA launched a campaign last August to highlight this often-ignored problem. Statistics have shown that it isn’t a small issue, with more than a million incidents of fly-tipping in 2016-2017.
Farming opinion: Time for action over plans to boost UK’s productivity
After tense negotiations, sometimes verging on the farcical, between our political leaders and their counterparts in Brussels, 2017 closed with a much needed breakthrough in talks over the Brexit deal.
Farming opinion: The countryside does matter, as new campaign aims to highlight
I recently launched the CLA’s new campaign ‘The Countryside Matters’ at the Suffolk Show – the first major event in our agricultural show season. This campaign is aimed at winning the hearts and minds of everybody who loves the countryside and explains the vital importance of investing in the countryside in post-Brexit Britain.
Farming opinion: Why we must redefine farming to prepare for post-Brexit world
Change is a constant in this complex world, except that we continue to eat more than a billion meals a week in the UK alone.
Farming opinion: Why we must redefine farming to prepare for post-Brexit world
Change is a constant in this complex world, except that we continue to eat more than a billion meals a week in the UK alone.
Farming opinion: What’s the delay over post-Brexit farm policy?
The starting gun for Article 50 has now been fired and the UK has begun the process of leaving the European Union. It is a decisive, historic moment but there remains a lack of clarity which many of us crave.
Farming opinion: What’s the delay over post-Brexit farm policy?
The starting gun for Article 50 has now been fired and the UK has begun the process of leaving the European Union. It is a decisive, historic moment but there remains a lack of clarity which many of us crave.
