Finance rates increasingly important following interest rate rises

The key challenge for businesses will remain around keeping good staff, particularly in the dairy sector

Farming families spoke about their journey towards a more regenerative form of agriculture

Farmers need more stability and clarity about new environmental schemes

Recovery and realism were two overarching themes at this year’s German machinery extravaganza, Agritechnica. Ben Briggs reports from Hanover on the mood among manufacturers and event organisers.

Global farm machinery supply chains were well on the road to recovery but farmer demand was potentially on the wane in the short-term, according to many exhibitors at Agritechnica.

North Yorkshire Council is seeking to boost tourism in the county

In the fourth and final part of his report from an AHDB-led export trip to Dallas, Texas, Ben Briggs speaks to the woman behind the Poetry Dorpers flock and finds out more about America’s small but vibrant sheep industry.

Poor mental health and speaking about it remains a huge stigma for many people in the farming community.

Team structures and working patterns may have to radically change to meet the work-life balance expectations of the modern workforce, said speakers at the National Herdspersons Conference held at Harper Adams University, Shropshire.