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Never before have so many people been
interested in where their food comes from and how it is produced. Add to this the increasing pressure to improve yields, reduce emissions and meet exacting health and welfare standards and you can understand why it’s harder than ever to turn a profit and manage the pressure.

To make life easy for you, Farming Futures has arranged our resources into sectors.  This will help you get straight to the information you need - helping you navigate the new economic, political and environmental climate in which we’re working.

Use the menu on the left to choose the sector you are most interested in and see information, resources and relevant links to further content that may be of interest. For an introduction to climate change and agriculture, read factsheet 1 or watch our film about why this is an issue you can’t afford to ignore, click here.

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Poultry - Factsheets

This factsheet provides an introduction to some of the issues that are going to be a significant part of the future of UK farming. It outlines some of the headline challenges that we are going to have to deal with, but also the...
Lightning strikeMore information on the opportunities and challenges presented by climate change.
SunflowersGeneral adaptations for farmers and growers.

Poultry - Case Studies

Elywyn Griffiths is a poultry farmer in Shropshire. He has installed a rainwater harvesting and filtration system with a capacity to create 300...
Jim Bullock from Malvern, Worcestershire is an arable farmer. He describes the farm’s cultivation process as conservation tillage. The reduced...