The Telegraph recently reported that, according to the National Farmers Union, that despite the recent floods, farming in the UK is a growing sector that has defied the economic downturn. British farmers booster their economic output by 54 per cent between 2008 and 2012. The NFU said agriculture had contributed £24bn to the UK economy in 2012, up from just £16bn in 2007 and has proved ...
Farmers will have had to have responded to a government consultation by this week which aims to help agriculture get its fair share of water. Water abstraction and irrigation rules face their biggest overhaul for more than 50 years under plans contained in the DEFRA and Environment Agency consultation. The consultation is agriculture’s chance to influence how much water is available in the ...
Farmers Weekly reports this week on grant streams available to the UK’s poultry farming industry. A new £5m fund which forms part of Defra’s new £141m Countryside Productivity Scheme is designed to help farmers access the best technology and improve productivity. Small grants of between £2,500 and £35,000, along with large grants of up to £1m are ...
According to the Yorkshire Post, members of the public in Hull are being urged to get behind a funding bid to create a ‘farm in a box’ right in the centre of the city. The project aims to draw and reconnect city residents with the food they eat and to improve knowledge and understanding of where their food comes from and how to prepare it. Called ‘Rooted in Hull’, the not ...
Horizontal Rainwater Harvesting Tanks as such as The Original Rainwater Pillow are an economical solution to use wasted spaces for rainwater storage. Rainwater Collection To harvest rain water is the best way to save water for future generations and money, you would normally spend for city water. Rainwater provides on-site storm water retention and aquifer recharge. If there are drought-related ...
The BBC examined this week how climate change is an issue affecting farming and food supplies throughout the world. Rainfall is not as predictable in modern times and drier weather can interfere with growing seasons. Enduramaxx has discussed on numerous occasions how, on top of the drier weather, water restrictions are also an increasingly worrying part of farming and water supplies. Whether the ...
Farming communities across Cumbria faced flooding for the third time in less than a month, following torrential rains and high winds in the wake of Storm Desmond. The Environment Agency has issued no less than 23 flood warnings across England and Wales and 14 in the North West, urging people to take immediate action. According to the BBC, the MET office has already issued yellow warnings for ...
The Common Agricultural Policy is a huge part of every UK farmer’s business model. With a number of grant and subsidy schemes which have in the past included subsidising the acquisition of rainwater harvesting tanks and other storage tanks, the impending referendum on whether or not the UK stays in the European Union will be of great interest to a large number of farmers, as well as ...
As the story unfolds surrounding the Sheffield half marathon this week, the absence of water supplies seems to be down to the bill remaining unpaid, despite requests from the supplier. But the race still went ahead, albeit in an unofficial capacity, with runners taking to the street, some of whom were reportedly oblivious that the race had actually been officially cancelled. So just how would ...
The Scottish Herald this week emphasised how we must treat water as a precious resource. As water and irrigation rules in England and Wales face their biggest overhaul for more than 50 years under plans contained in a consultation by the Defra, and the EA. Of course, agriculture is a major user of ater for irrigation, accounting for about 70 per cent of water used worldwide. Modern irrigation ...
Although the UK’s wet summer may have affected crops up and down the country, the wet weather is being used to the advantages of food safety through a project run by the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB). Led by the Agricultural Development Advisory Service, the project focuses on fungal toxins in cereal crops and aims to arm the food industry with new tools to more ...
Bringing the industry together to rethink waste as a resource, RWM 2016 is the perfect event for anyone responsible for resource and waste management for their organisation or working within the sector. We’ll be at the exhibition… which is now less than a month away! As we make our final preparations, we invite any of our clients interested in visiting the show to come along to ...
With nearly 750 million people throughout the world having no access to clean drinking water or improved sanitation, World Water Day, which took place on Sunday 22nd March, raised awareness that a secure water world is emerging as a top human development priority in the post-2015 Development Agenda. The theme of water and sustainable development emphasises how water is an essential asset to all ...
With water shortages in farming across the globe a real issue, a US company called Farm Freight has launched ‘Farm-in-a-box’. It’s a freight-truck-sized container with all of the necessary equipment and storage required to grow produce. The theory behind demand for such a product relates to climate change and the strains on water and food supplies throughout the world. By ...
The Environment Agency water license reforms is a common subject throughout the country’s farming communities and recently highlighted during an abstractors’ workshop at South Pickenham Estate, near Swaffham. High on the agenda at the Wissey abstractors’ workshop, farmers, land managers and environmental groups heard more details about the proposed licensing changes. Under the ...
Harambee Schools Kenya (HSK) is a UK charity that has an unusual proposition for companies looking for a charity partner for their corporate social responsibility (CSR) programme. Rather than just asking for money, or for staff to help with the building of the school, HSK is suggesting that potential corporate partners get involved in one or more of two ways: A long-term funding partnership. ...
Farmers growing irrigated crops in Norfolk and Suffolk are taking steps to protect their businesses from drought, according to the Lynn News. A survey carried out by the NFU reveals that farmers throughout the region are investing in new irrigation equipment, improving water efficiency, changing crops they grow, or investing in more reservoir capacity. Their actions come after half of the ...
The AWT duo of President-Elect Marc Vermeulen, CWT, and Jason St. Cyr, CWT, was hard at work again yesterday with Pure Water for the World (PWW). To read about their first day, check out this post. AWT’s charity partner, PWW not only installs water filters in underserved communities, but it also follows-up with monitoring trips with the recipient families. This ongoing service is what the ...
Sebastian, FL, April 30, 2010 – Portable Tank Group, Inc., located in Florida, USA, has ready to ship and in stock multiple sizes of folding frame containment pools, also known as oil spill response frame tanks, that can be used to contain and store oil rags, absorbents, and other hazardous material. Our portable collapsible flexible tanks and bladders, used to store recovered oil, are also in ...
E and T asks the question this week – “Is farming the future of cities?” – With more people than ever leaving their rural homes for high-rise buildings, the concept of ‘vertical farming’ may provide a way to feed the world’s growing populations across it’s emerging mega-cities. According to the United Nations, by 2050 some 66 per cent of the ...