Environmental Audit Committee

The banning of a TV advert for the Red Tractor scheme in the autumn of 2025, over claims aimed at consumers, caused quite a stir in the farming industry.

Nature Natters column written by Martin Lines taken from the October 2025 issue of Crop Production Magazine

Nature Natters column from the September 2025 issue of Crop Production Magazine

Nature Natters column from the August 2025 issue of Crop Production Magazine

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The Environment and Climate Change Committee has published its report, ‘Nitrogen: time to reduce, recycle, reuse’, which calls for the UK to be more ambitious and strategic in its plans to...

The number of farm inspections carried out by the Environment Agency (EA) has ramped up in recent years, as the government seeks to tackle water

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May edition of the Nature Natters feature by Martin Lines

Farm and nature leaders made the plea as figures show swathes of the UK have had the most days with no or little rain on record for the year so far.

By Martin Lines, CEO, Nature Friendly Farming Network, andPeter Craven, Head of Agriculture, Natural England This week is Nature Friendly Farming Week, and with a theme of 'More than growing food' it ...

Arable farmer Martin Lines said farmers have 'wasted time' by fighting the 'wrong battles' with Government when they should be championing the benefits they provide to society as a whole

Episode 16 – How IPM works for us: a farmer and agronomist’s perspectiveIn this episode of the Defra Farming Podcast, guest host Tom Allen-Stevens—an arable farmer in Oxfordshire and founder of the Br...

Exclusive: Henry Dimbleby joins farmers in voicing fears of lower standards and a poor deal for British food producers

An area equivalent to roughly half the size of Greater London is now being used across England to grow maize to produce biogas, which experts warning is harming the environment