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The Week in Soil

Our weekly blog features the main scientific, political and cultural soil-related stories of interest from across the web over the previous seven days, available on our website and through our Twitter account every Friday morning.

02 June 2023
  • Decline in farm incomes
  • Defra funds farm resilience
  • Job losses for livestock farms
  • EU votes down nature law
  • Conservation Basic Income
26 May 2023
  • Defra support tenant farms
  • Scottish govt food security 
  • Daera ammonia emissions
  • Bioenergy research
  • Accessible soil data
19 May 2023
  • Farm to Fork Summit
  • Farmer confidence
  • Potential soil import ban
  • Soil health app
  • Pesticides and bird decline
12 May 2023
  • Govt invests in fertiliser
  • Unfair funding for Scottish farms
  • Soil Health Inquiry
  • Spanish drought 
  • Soil health benchmarks
05 May 2023
  • WWF agriculture emissions plan
  • River pollution election issue
  • Horticulture strategy scrapped
  • Livestock profits
  • Biden backs climate-smart agriculture
28 April 2023
  • Climate activists protest
  • Calls for Natural England overhaul
  • Govt supporting biochar
  • Banned pesticides sold to Brazil
  • Regulating natural capital markets
21 April 2023
  • Systemic problems with ELMS
  • Fenland soils
  • Low soil moisture in Spain
  • Critical minerals in UK soil
  • Sustainable fashion
14 April 2023
  • Microplastics in UK soils
  • Environment Agency strike
  • UK soils nutrient deficiencies
  • Potato innovation programme
  • Sounds of soil research
07 April 2023
  • Green Finance Strategy
  • LEAF certification for Aldi UK
  • Soil Health Industry Platform
  • Compost benefits
  • Acidic UK soils
31 March 2023
  • Peat-ban delay
  • Green Finance for farming
  • Funds for farming tech
  • Farming impact on air pollution
  • Moon soil
24 March 2023
  • UN IPCC climate report
  • Nature charities call for action
  • Ukraine war impacting soils
  • Drought in France affecting farms
  • Soil health computer game
17 March 2023
  • Phosphorus shortages
  • Contaminated soil fine
  • Dutch farmers protest
  • Wildfarmed regenerative tour
  • Pavements for soil
10 March 2023
  • Businesses support environmental protections
  • Europe winter drought
  • EU pesticide reductions stalled
  • Farm environmental data
  • Small-holdings and post-Brexit farm
03 March 2023
  • Businesses support environmental protections
  • Europe winter drought
  • EU pesticide reductions stalled
  • Farm environmental data
  • Small-holdings and post-Brexit farm
24 February 2023
  • NFU Conference
  • Greenwashing business claims
  • Coffee and climate change
  • Biochar supports soil carbon
  • Soil carbon sequestration
17 February 2023
  • Soil emissions in Northern Ireland
  • EU soil BENCHMARKS project
  • Nextdoor Nature programme
  • Global grassland Soil Organic Carbon
  • EU pesticide reduction targets
10 February 2023
  • Farmers' opinion
  • Sustainable Management
  • EU Farm to Fork division
  • EU organic farming 
  • Car pollutions reduces soil carbon
03 February 2023
  • Defra reduce soil target 
  • Royal Society on land-use
  • New soil amendments
  • Heritage cereals research
  • Soil board game
27 January 2023
  • Clarity on Defra farm subsidies
  • Food, farming and nature consensus
  • Fungi biotechnology
  • Raise the pulse
  • Soil organisms in parks
20 January 2023
  • England Envt Targets
  • EU soil indicator
  • Soil and gut health
  • Soil carbon calculations
  • Soil microbes and climate change

 

13 January 2023
  • Global Farm Metric framework
  • Soil biodiversity policies
  • London rewilding with horses
  • Crop mixtures help soils
  • First Food Diversity Day
06 January 2023
  • New SFI payment
  • Low SFI uptake
  • Soil Health Action Plan
  • Dead bodies used in compost
  • Organic matter helps soils hold nitrogen