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Hundreds of acres of valuable Lincolnshire farmland are set to be lost if a proposed 5sq.km reservoir is given the go-ahead.

The National Drought Group has this week warned that a ‘complete gear change’ is needed to avoid a repeat of this summer’s water shortage.

The Government has today issued further guidance to support farmers dealing with the continued dry weather.

The Welsh Government should seriously consider reintroducing a derogation allowing grassland farms to spread up to 250kg per hectare of nitrogen, Senedd members have said.

A group of Devon-based farmers have been praised for helping to preserve one of the county’s most historic waterways.

With climate change forcing farmers everywhere to battle flooding and drought more regularly, there has never been a more important time to manage water. Jez Fredenburgh looks at lessons the UK can learn from other countries.

The chair of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee, Neil Parish, has demanded the Environment Agency (EA) review its interpretation of the Farming Rules For Water.

NFU Cymru has branded Welsh Government’s decision to publish draft regulations of an all-Wales Nitrate Vulnerable Zone (NVZ) ‘ill-judged’ in light of the Covid-19 crisis.

Plaid Cymru has called on the Welsh Government to put on hold its plans to introduce new water regulations until the coronavirus epidemic is under control.

The NFU has said leaving the EU provides England with an opportunity to take a different approach to reducing nitrate pollution.