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The article reports on the decline of nitrate vulnerable zone (NVZ) designations in England following a series of appeals by farmers. Topics discussed include the publication of the revised NVZ maps by the British Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), the appeals process according to National Farmers' Union (NFU) environment adviser Grace Righton, and the history of NVZ designations since 2000s.

The article reports on the availability of business tenancies at four county farms in Norfolk, England. Norfolk County Farms states that new starters and established growers that are planning to expand can take advantage of the fiver-year lettings. The characteristics being sought for the farms include enterprising, adaptable, and hardworking.

The article offers information on the building of houses on agricultural lands by the government in Great Britain and how this would affect farmers. The article mentions how village people gathered for a discussion to protect farmer Charlie Wray's dairy farm. The article mentions how Wray had installed milk dispensing machine for direct selling of milk to people. The article also mentions the concerns of the farmers on the impact of Brexit on their farming business.

The article offers information on the Approved finishing units (AFUs) that allow beef producers to finish animals from both restricted and unrestricted farms, and discusses the role of AFU for farms under tuberculosis (TB) restriction in England and Wales. It mentions the conditions applied for AFUs in England which includes contamination, manure and biosecurity. Also it adds that cattle can move from an AFU under license after clearing TB test.

The article reports on the stress and anguish experienced by farming couple Shelley and Hardy Klindt caused by the appearance of a crop circle on the land they farm near Swindon, Wiltshire, England.

The article suggests to treat for flies to prevent production losses in livestock. Topics discussed include farmers involved in Parasite Watch run by Zoetis have been using fly traps to monitor fly populations on the farm, comments from Emily Gascoigne of Synergy Farm Health on increase in the strike fly population in the South West and Neilsen Gillard on same.

The article reports on dumping of part-worn tyres and a pile of tree clippings at West Yeo Farm, near Bridgwater, England by fly tippers. It mentions plans of farmer Winslade for installing gates and cameras to catch offenders. It adds report of the incident filed to the Somerset police to catch the offender.

The article presents farmland outlook of the North East and North West of England which reveals that low farmgate prices are likely to push an large number of farms and blocks of land on to the agriculture market in 2016. Topics discussed include demand of dairy unit, increased number of farmer buyers and farmlands purchased by working farmers for expansion.

The article reports on bovine tuberculosis (TB) cases at farms in West Sussex, England. It mentions the statement made by the Great Britain's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)'s Animal Plant and Health Agency (APHA), on the investigations on the same. It include comments from James Osman of National Farmers Union (NFU), on the concerns over same. It adds the advice given to farmers on the same.

The article talks about several business operations at Staffordshire, England-based Glen Farm at the starting of 2015. It mentions about completion of the first batch of weaning at the farm's contract calf-rearing unit and about all-grass wintering and budgeting at the farm. Also it discusses the issue of low returns and volatile markets faced by farmers, and suggests farmers to examine their businesses and make improvements.

The author, who owns about 400 hectares of arable land in Norfolk, England, and discusses the significance of old-fashioned husbandry and mentions that he took a weekend trip to visit farming friends to the countryside at the Berkshire/Oxfordshire border in England. Topics discussed include development of contract farms on both the sides of River Thames, England, farming concern related to chemical-resistant blackgrass, and ploughing and spring cropping as best farming methods.

The article reports on the damage caused by floods on farms in the area of Somerset Levels in South West England as of January 24, 2014. Topics discussed include the heavy rainfall during the Christmas 2013 season, the floods that hit the region in 2012 and areas of farming land affected by the current flooding. Comments by local farmers, including West Yeo Farm and Newhouse Farm owner James Winslade, are presented.

The author discusses activities and conditions on his Belvoir Fruit Farms in Leicestershire, England as of September 20, 2013. He describes the oilseed rape harvest as his worst career yield while the wheat harvest has been surprisingly good. He talks about using the 2013 harvest to test the farm's controlled traffic farming (CTF) harvest plan. The construction of an on-site wheat storage facility by IFTS Services is also mentioned.

The author discusses activities and conditions on his farm at Dunsden Green in south Oxfordshire, England as of September 20, 2013. He describes the rapid completion of harvesting and poor yields caused by a combination of shallow rooting and extreme heat in early July 2013. The establishment of oilseed rape in a timely manner is mentioned. Farm machinery company Kockerling's failure to deliver a drill control box for variable drilling is also cited.

The article reports on the successful petition by farmers to remove some areas under the Nitrate Vulnerable Zone (NVZ) designation in Great Britain. As suggested, the decision should help all the farms in the same drainage zone. National Farmers' Union (NFU) head of policy services Andrew Clark also said that all farms in areas where land is successfully taken off the NVZ classification are already exempted from the requirements of the NVZ action initiative.

The article reports on the concern of farmers in England that they will have difficulty claiming their 2010 single payment after field maps released by the British Rural Payment Agency (RPA) were inaccurate. RPA was said to use the 2009 Ordnance Survey maps and aerial photography. Richard Wordsworth of the National Farmers Union (NFU) said that the errors are alarming after farmers reported that parcels of their land were missing from their maps. Farm adviser Charles Carter added that his clients reported having maps with land of their neighbours.

The article focuses on the impact of the widespread flooding that occurred in Great Britain in July 2007 on the farm of Jeremy Chamberlayne on the banks of the River Severn. The waters started rising on Friday (20 July) and carried on until Sunday. At that point his Ashleworth Court Farm, to the north of Gloucester, was under water and his 2000 pigs in danger of drowning. Losses were kept to about 50 piglets. But further downstream Mr Chamberlayne reckons 200 acres of crops will be a write-off.

The article reports on the farms being sold by agent Robert Hurst of Savills in Lincolnshire, England following the decision of owners David and Will Nelstrop to pursue other interests. Hurst states that the farms were slightly different compared to those on the market in the country. He mentions that the farms have family farmhouses and are big enough to attract farmers from Great Britain as well as abroad.

Presents news on agriculture in Great Britain as of October 22, 2004. Highlights of the nationwide School Milk Week activities at Park County Primary School in Aldershot, England; Launch of the Surrey County Ploughing Match and Country Fair in Loseley Park near Guildford; Number of farmers who have notched up years of service between them on the same farm near Baston, Lincs, England.

Discusses the implications of the inability of the British government to provide information on the operational procedure for single farm payment entitlements on producers of agricultural products. Reactions from farmers to the structure of the deals; Statement from the spokesperson of the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the application for extra payments in the national reserve.

Reports on the impact of the single farm payments (SFPs) enacted by the British Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on severely disadvantaged areas (SDAs) in the south west of England. Drastic cuts on farm payments for SDA farmers; Case of SDA farmer Christopher Thomas-Everard as an example of the impact of SFPs on SDAs.

Discusses the plans of farmers and environmentalists in England to form a coalition to force the British Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to revise its plans to pay the farms in disadvantaged areas in England a lower single farm payment. Associations which are expected to attend the meeting of the group; Views of National Beef Association chief executive on the issue; Amount of money Christopher Thomas-Everard of Broford Farm might lose if the plan is not revised.

Focuses on the impact of the historic basis of paying the new single farm payment to farmers in Great Britain as of February 2004. Changes in dairy premiums; Tool to be used by farmers to gain competitive advantage over their neighbors; Forecast on the reduced area payment to farmers from England's disadvantaged areas in 2012.