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Water restrictions imposed on farms, industry as Salmon River reaches critically low flows
(Left to right) Farmer John Benedict and cattle rancher Trudy Schweb standing in one of Schweb's fields in Silver Creek. Both have been dreading a water protection order from the provincial government, which came Tuesday evening. The British…
Filey farm owners 'overwhelmed' by help during field fire
Owners of a campsite on the North Yorkshire coast have said they are 'overwhelmed' by the kindness shown after fire broke out on their land. The blaze, which involved crops in a field off Bridlington Road in Hunmanby, near Filey, started at about…
Yorkshire Dales 'wrong location' for wind farm, says Alan Hinkes
Joe Willis Local Democracy Reporting Service One of Britain's most accomplished mountaineers has said that the edge of the Yorkshire Dales is the wrong location for a proposed wind farm. Norwegian company Fred. Olsen Renewables is preparing plans…
Yorkshire Dales 'wrong location' for wind farm, says Alan Hinkes
One of Britain's most accomplished mountaineers has said that the edge of the Yorkshire Dales is the wrong location for a proposed wind farm. Norwegian company Fred. Olsen Renewables is preparing plans for 23 wind turbines, each more than 200m…
Inside the cow showers helping dairy farms beat the heatwave
Dairy farmers are installing 'cow showers' and giant cooling fans as hotter, drier summers become more common. Extreme heat has cut milk production by up to 20% and farmers are spending thousands of pounds to keep their cattle cool and protect milk…
Inside the cow showers helping dairy farms beat the heatwave
West of England business and environment correspondent Dairy farmers are installing 'cow showers' and giant cooling fans as hotter, drier summers become more common. Extreme heat has cut milk production by up to 20% and farmers are spending…
Sprouston dig hunts Scotland's 6,000-year-old farming origins
An archaeological dig is hoping to uncover more secrets from a farming enclosure older than Stonehenge, which was first spotted from the sky as crop marks in the 1970s. Earlier surveys on grazing fields near the village of Sprouston in the Borders…
Democrats demand answers from Taylor Farms over Cyclospora outbreak
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee are demanding answers from Taylor Farms over its role in a nationwide cyclospora outbreak that has sickened thousands of Americans and sparked political controversy surrounding the federal investigation.
The End Times Approach for Existing Onshore Wind Farms
Ah. Now we get down to the nitty-gritty for those eyesores that have been sometimes turning and occasionally burning for nearly twenty years. And nowhere is that going to happen in more of a 'one fell swoop' movement than the United Kingdom. The…
Land Trust honors Big Red Barn's farming legacy
Descendants of the founders of the Big Red Barn Farm at the corner of Old Olympic Highway and Kitchen Dick Road have been named the North Olympic Land Trust's Farmer of the Year. The Dick Family Farm was honored at the Land Trust's 11th Family…
Lewis Farms Recreation Centre nearing completion in west Edmonton - Edmonton
People living in the west end Rosenthal neighbourhood are excitedly waiting for the completion of the Lewis Farms Recreation Centre and surrounding park. According to the city, the finish line is in sight and the rec centre is expected to begin…
Pa. moves to prevent parasitic screwworm fly from infecting farm animals, pets
From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! Pennsylvania officials are taking aggressive measures to keep the New World screwworm fly out of the state. There are not yet any…
Tiktok farming star from Ayrshire spearheads new life-saving campaign
Social media farming star, Ayrshire's Cammy Wilson, has teamed up with electricity network operator SP Energy Networks to highlight how to stay safe while working around overhead power lines and underground electricity cables on farm and…
Farm Family of the Week | The Barnards of Foosland
FOOSLAND — Six of the 30 recent Farm Credit Illinois college scholarship recipients hail from East Central Illinois. Here, we've asked another one of them — Alex Barnard of Foosland — to talk about the next steps of his journey…
France's New Floating Wind Farm Just Went Live, And It's Not Just Generating Energy
In July 2026, energy company Ocean Winds announced that its Éoliennes Flottantes du Golfe du Lion (EFGL) floating offshore wind farm reached full power-generating capacity. It runs three 10 MW turbines about 10 miles off the coast of…
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