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A Lincolnshire man dubbed "Britain's most flooded farmer" says he was stunned after learning he was not eligible for a Government flood recovery grant. Henry Ward's 200-acre farm in Shortferry, near ...
One of the UK's "most technically advanced" indoor farms has opened in Gloucestershire ... suffering neither floods nor droughts, and few pests can penetrate the tightly controlled bio-security ...
The country’s most famous flooded ... Defra set up the Farming Recovery Fund to help farmers and mitigate uninsurable losses following flooding. For the moment, the funding is being targeted ...
The UK government is discussing new rules to stop farmers contributing to flooding through poor land management. Experts say careless farming has ... crop that creates most rainfall run-off.
He added: 'In 2019 the local communities weren't flooded as our farm took most of the hit, but this time nearby villages have also been flooded. 'At the moment there are no winners but if we ...
The role of agriculture in flood risk mitigation has been largely overlooked in the government’s national flood resilience review, prompting criticism from farm leaders. Defra’s flood defence ...
Having recovered from the double whammy of being flooded in both June and July last year, the hops at Newnham Farm, near Tenbury Wells, were awarded the most cherished trophy in English hop ...
Researchers say that growing maize causes the most rainfall run off The UK government ... contributing to flooding through poor land management. Experts say careless farming has made floods ...