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CFE training events start to get the message across
Efforts to train the UK's agronomists in environmentally friendly farming methods as part of the Campaign for the Farmed Environment (CFE) have made a healthy start.
Five awareness raising and training events in the past fortnight aimed at agronomists and farming advisers have proved a success. More...
FWAG urges upland farmers to join Upland ELS
The Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group (FWAG), the leading provider of independent environmental farmland advice, is urging upland farmers to embrace the new Upland Entry Level Scheme following its launch yesterday at Blaze Farm in Wildboarclough, Cheshire. More...
FWAG helps Natural England deliver £1m project in Gloucestershire
The Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group (FWAG), a national charity that is the leading provider of independent environmental advice to farmers, will have a key role in a helping Natural England deliver a programme of environmental schemes worth in excess of £1 million to safeguard Gloucestershire's spectacular landscape, biodiversity and fascinating historic environment. More...
FWAG receives substantial donation from Bullring Birmingham
The Warwickshire-based charity Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group (FWAG) - the UK's leading provider of farm conservation advice to farmers and landowners - has recently benefited from a substantial donation from Bullring, the West Midlands region's premier shopping destination in Birmingham. More...
FWAG backs milestone strategy for sustainable food production
The Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group (FWAG), the leading provider of independent environmental advice to farmers, has welcomed the Government's new Food Strategy 2030 as a "significant milestone" following its launch at the Oxford Farming Conference. More...
FWAG joins partner organisations at the launch of the Campaign for the Farmed Environment
The Chairman and Managing Director of the Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group - the UK's leading provider of environmental advice to farmers and landowners - today joined the Defra Secretary of State, the Rt Hon Hilary Benn and partner organisations at the launch of the Campaign for the Farmed Environment (CFE)... More...
Brian and Patrick Barker are announced as the winners of the FWAG Silver Lapwing Award for 2009
Patrick and Brian Barker of Lodge Farm, Westhorpe, Suffolk were announced as the winners of the 2009 FWAG Silver Lapwing Awards at a House of Commons reception on 28 October. Cousins Patrick and Brian Barker were presented with a silver lapwing trophy, designed by Patricia Northcroft, and a cheque for £1,000 by TV presenter and farmer, Jimmy Doherty. ... More...
Leading organic producer joins in FWAG's 40th anniversary campaign
One of the UK's largest organic producers of milk has joined the "Do one thing for wildlife!" 40th anniversary campaign of the Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group (FWAG) by marking the year with a special new conservation project which involved the planting of 250 native trees to extend an ancient... More...
FWAG Silver Lapwing finalists are announced
The six finalists of the FWAG Silver Lapwing Awards for 2009 were announced at a FWAG reception held during the Game Fair at Belvoir Castle on Saturday 25 July.
Speaking at the reception Charles Beaumont, FWAG Trustee and a judge of the FWAG Silver Lapwing Award announced the six finalists as:
- Henry Lang of The Lang Partnership...
FWAG celebrates its ruby anniversary
with a champagne reception and birthday cake at the Royal Show
FWAG celebrated 40 successful years of advising farmers on environmental protection with a birthday cake and champagne reception held on 7 July during the Royal Show. ... More...
James Paice MP joins FWAG 40th anniversary campaign
The Shadow Minister for Agriculture and Rural Affairs, James Paice MP, has joined the Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group (FWAG) 40th anniversary campaign "Do one thing for wildlife!" by pledging to erect a bat box at his home in Cambridgeshire. More...
Waitrose supplier wins quarterly prize draw
for FWAG Environmental Health Check clients
The quarterly prize draw for Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group (FWAG) Environmental Health Check customers has been won by Henry and Esther Rudge of Ballingham Court near Hereford. Their winning prize was 10 oak saplings, stakes and tree guards donated by "Trees Please" of Northumberland. More...
NFU President Peter Kendall makes a pledge to "Do one thing for wildlife!"
The NFU has thrown its weight behind FWAG's 40th anniversary campaign with President Peter Kendall signing up to one of the ‘Do one thing for wildlife' pledges on his farm in Bedfordshire. More...
Waddesdon Farms wins Berks Bucks and Oxon Conservation Award
The Berks, Bucks & Oxon (BBO) FWAG Conservation Award, kindly sponsored by Molyslip Atlantic and John D Wood, is recognised by the farming community within Berkshire Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire as being a significant competition that promotes environmental best practice within today's commercial farming sector. ... More...
Farm Conservation Guide is re-printed in 2009
to celebrate FWAG's 40th anniversary
In 1988 FWAG published the first edition of its widely acclaimed "Farm Conservation Guide". This pocket book provided practical advice and information for farmers and land managers about the management of wildlife habitats in a commonsense, straightforward and easily understood format. Many of the actions could be... More...
Eco-friendly vehicles join the FWAG fleet
Very low Co2 emission levels combined with good fuel economy have led the UK's leading independent provider of environmental and conservation advice to farmers - the Stoneleigh based Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group (FWAG) - to choose the Vauxhall Astra ecoFLEX 1.7 CDTi as its preferred fleet car. More...
FWAG 40th anniversary campaign is launched in Cornwall
"Farmers already make a significant contribution to the UK's wildlife conservation but a special push for 2009 could see all the difference" was the message at the launch of the Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group's (FWAG) 40th anniversary campaign "Do One Thing for Wildlife!" More...
Campaign for the Farmed Environment launch
FWAG representatives attended a stakeholder meeting in London where the NFU and CLA presented the proposed voluntary approach to retaining the environmental benefits of set-aside in England. ... More...
FWAG attends Industry Summit on setaside mitigation
FWAG are very supportive of the voluntary approach to mitigation for the loss of set aside. It is a chance for the farming industry to show it can achieve real change on the ground. FWAG believe that this can only be achieved if the approach is based on science and sets targets for habitat management and creation that take into account the views of all interested parties. ... More...
FWAG 2009 Silver Lapwing Awards launched
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Throughout the farming community the FWAG Silver Lapwing Awards are acknowledged as the most prestigious conservation competition promoting environmental best practice in today's commercial farming sector. The awards for 2009 - the 30th Silver Lapwing Award - are now open for entries. More...
FWAG supports voluntary approach to set aside
Letter from FWAG Chairman to farming press
As a working farmer who has embraced Stewardship, and also in my role as Chairman of the Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group (FWAG) I am writing to support Option B, the voluntary approach, under the current set aside consultation. ... More...
Environmental Health Check Prize Draw Winner
W J B Taylor, Gables Farm - Worcestershire
A Worcestershire farmer has been selected as this quarter's winner of the FWAG Environmental Health Check prize draw. Mr Taylor has chosen oak saplings, guards and stakes (sponsored by TreesPlease) as his prize. More...
Somerset FWAG celebrate their farming and wildlife awards
And review the group's achievements
An evening of celebration, to congratulate the winner of the annual Somerset FWAG Farming & Wildlife Awards together with a review of FWAG's work in Somerset was held recently at the Old Barn Owl, Westport. More...
Don't forget wildlife this Christmas!
The Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group is urging farmers to think about the needs of wildlife on their farms this Christmas. Leaving appropriate wildlife refuges across the farm and ensuring that birds have sufficient food and available water need not cost time or money, only some care and thought. More...
FWAG Silver Lapwing Award (England)
Cornwall Farmer Wins Silver Lapwing Award For 2008
The 2008 winners of the Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group Silver Lapwing Award are Richard, Terry and Ian Lobb of AJ Lobb & Sons, Kestle Farm, St Austell, Cornwall. ... More...
Nuffield Scholar - Chloe Palmer - Regional Director FWAG
The Future for Hill Farming - Summary So Far ...
Nuffield Scholarship (Yorkshire Agricultural Society's scholar, Chloe Palmer)
The Future for Hill Farming - Summary So Far...
Early Conclusions:
- Support for the hill farming industry will be essential in the short tem if rapid...
New Trustee for FWAG
Sam Blacker, Yorkshire Farmer and Entrepreneur Joins FWAG Board of Trustees
Sam Blacker, retired farmer and founder proprietor of the highly successful Ainsty Farm Shop has today been elected to the Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group's national board of Trustees. Sam has been actively involved with FWAG for over fifteen years, initially as a committee member and then as Chairman of North Yorkshire FWAG for four years. More...
FWAG AGM 5 November 2008
AGM Reveals Innovative Sustainable Farm Advice Solutions
Over 50 farmer members attended the FWAG's AGM at Garden Organic, Ryton on Dunsmore on Wednesday 5 November to hear about the innovative advice packages that FWAG is developing to help farmers through the environmental challenges that lie ahead. ... More...
Farmers’ Weekly Awards
FWAG farmers triumph at the Farmers’ Weekly Awards
The Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group (FWAG) - the UK's leading independent provider of environmental and conservation advice to farmers - is delighted to announced that seven of the fourteen winners of the recently announced Farmers Weekly Awards for 2008 are members of FWAG and one of the seven is also a finalist in their prestigious Silver Lapwing Award for 2008... More...
New Chairman for the Farming & Wildlife Advisory Group
Henry Lucas elected as national Chairman
Henry Lucas, farmer and former Warwickshire FWAG chairman has been elected as national chairman of the Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group. Henry farms at Pleasance Farm near Kenilworth where he finishes beef cattle and also has an arable enterprise which he runs alongside a successful tourism business. ... More...
Countryside Stewardship Deadline-15 November
Move quickly to take advantage of new Countryside Stewardship Capital Funding
Farmers & landowners with existing Countryside Stewardship Scheme agreements (not the new Higher Level Stewardship agreements) have an opportunity to apply for funding for new capital works from Natural England, but the deadline of 15 November means that they will have to move fast. The work also needs to be completed and the money claimed by the end of February 2009. ... More...
Cornwall FWAG win GOLD
Hot on the heels of their recent success winning the IEEM best Practice Awards, the Cornwall FWAG team have struck gold again by winning the award for collaborative working and partnerships with the County Council. ... More...
FWAG congratulates its Nuffield Scholar
Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group is delighted to announce that its Regional Director for the Midlands and North, Chloe Palmer, has been awarded a Nuffield Farming Scholarship to study "A viable UK hill farming sector". More...
UK Research Councils' Rural Economy and Land Use Programme
Great Land Use Debate
Have your say in the Great Land Use Debate!
What is our rural land for and what do we expect from it? Should farmers be diversifying into energy crops or concentrating on feeding the nation? And is it reasonable to expect them to be competitive food businesses as well as managers and guardians of wildlife... More...
Cornwall Farm Environment Link Project wins best practice award
Delegates at the Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management (IEEM) conference recently voted the Cornwall FWAG Farm Environment Link Project as the winner of its first ever Best Practice Awards competition. Entries from projects of all sizes were welcomed, and entries were judged on whether they showed best practice whilst contributing to the five objectives of the IEEM. More...
ESA or CSS agreement due to expire?
You may well be aware that the Countryside Stewardship Scheme and the Environmentally Sensitive Area scheme (known as the Classic schemes) are not being continued when current agreements expire. ... More...
CSS or ESA claims due?
Thursday 15th November becomes important this year as, for the first time in respect of the Countryside Stewardship Scheme and the Environmentally Sensitive Area scheme, claims are now subject to penalties if made after this date. A deduction of 1% from an agreement holders' payment will be made for every working day after the deadline up until Monday 10 December. More...
Joint FWAG/NFU Press Statement
The NFU of England and FWAG England are in detailed discussions about establishing a more formal alliance. The talks at this stage are confidential, but are based on both organisations wanting to ensure a strong countryside. Both organisations believe a closer relationship will enable...
UK Potato Producers to receive Environmental Guidance
Britain’s potato farmers are to receive advice and guidance on becoming more environmentally aware as the industry seeks to ensure its future sustainability.
Every grower in the country is set to receive a copy of Environmental Guidance for Potato Production, which was launched by the Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group (FWAG) today (2nd March 2007). More...
Tomorrow's climate today's challenge
www.farmingfutures.org.uk website launched
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Communicating climate change to farmers' is a new project involving the NFU, CLA, Applied Research Forum (on behalf of all the levy boards) and Forum for the Future. Over the next year they will be using different channels to communicate the challenges and opportunities presented by climate change to farmers and growers. More...
Help us redress the balance in favour of Fife's Red Squirrel population
The approximate UK Red Squirrel population is 160,000, 3/4 of which are found in Scotland. The threat from grey squirrels now means that the red squirrel population is declining. We need you to help us redress the balance in favour of reds and ask you to help us build a picture of Fife's red squirrel population by completing the attached... More...
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