Understanding available options will be key for farmers contemplating using land for wind or solar farms. Even landowners not considering this kind of scheme may have power generation infrastructure forced upon them via Compulsory Purchase Orders. Energy Secretary Ed Miliband has already approved three large-scale solar farms that were... Read more

• Three times more carbon dioxide • Crop deserves our closer scrutiny • Call to consider soil carbon loss Maize crops grown on drained peat soils emit three times more carbon dioxide than burning natural gas, suggests a study. Researchers say the finding highlights the need to consider soil... Read more

Britain’s biggest supermarket has joined forces with one of the UK’s biggest banks to offer farmers a green energy finance package. Retail giant Tesco and NatWest have come together to launch a discounted climate and sustainable finance scheme – giving 1,500 of the supermarket’s suppliers preferential rates on borrowings... Read more