Browsing: Farming

On the surface, the town of Jamtara appeared no different from neighbouring districts. But, if you knew where to look, there were startling differences. In the…

Nature, Published online: 13 October 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-03283-2Remote-sensing data reveal hunting corrals that were used well into the eighteenth century.

Harvests are coming two weeks early because of drought, Waitrose has said, as it prepares to stock autumnal fruit in summer.Farmers that supply the supermarket are…

British farmers are, of course, not the only people who are suffering from the effects of this summer’s heatwaves. Across Europe and the Middle East, record-breaking…

Dairy farmers have warned that a long-running shortage of workers, exacerbated by Brexit and the pandemic, has put the UK’s food security under pressure.Five in six…

Farmers in England will get new payments for cleaning up the waterways near their land, the environment secretary has said.Agricultural pollution affects 40% of Britain’s lakes…