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Alex Black

Alex Black

Deputy editor

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Articles by Alex Black

Pumpkin picking grows in popularity

Diversification

Pumpkin picking grows in popularity

Pumpkin patches and other Halloween events have grown in popularity in recent years, with the public being invited to pick and carve pumpkins on-farm

clock 25 October 2023 • 3 min read
Droughts and costs hitting Spanish farms

Farm Business

Droughts and costs hitting Spanish farms

Production costs and droughts were the biggest issues facing the Spanish farming industry, but the sector remains competitive despite the challenges it faced

clock 23 October 2023 • 1 min read
Scottish marts generate £605m in 2022

Livestock

Scottish marts generate £605m in 2022

Auction marts in Scotland generated more than £605 million in 2022, with throughput also increasing slightly year on year

clock 20 October 2023 • 2 min read
Changes to mart data as LAA moves away from AHDB

Livestock

Changes to mart data as LAA moves away from AHDB

Access to livestock market sales data moving from AHDB to LAA hosted platform

clock 18 October 2023 • 1 min read
Labour pledges to ban badger cull

Politics

Labour pledges to ban badger cull

NFU deputy president Tom Bradshaw said it was 'something the union had been fearing'

clock 17 October 2023 • 1 min read
WATCH: Levy body AHDB needs to offer value to businesses

Farm Business

WATCH: Levy body AHDB needs to offer value to businesses

Following the announcement of proposals to increase the levy, the four sector chairs discuss why they believe the time is right for a rise

clock 16 October 2023 • 2 min read
Farmers Guardian podcast: AHDB levy rises

Podcasts

Farmers Guardian podcast: AHDB levy rises

Sector council chairs on the proposed increases

clock 13 October 2023 • 1 min read
India seeks greener pastures for its milk

Dairy

India seeks greener pastures for its milk

India is expected to produce a quarter of the world's milk next year

clock 13 October 2023 • 3 min read
NFU responds to Red Tractor Greener Farm Module

Farm Business

NFU responds to Red Tractor Greener Farm Module

Deputy president Tom Bradshaw said he was ‘alarmed’ by the Red Tractor board’s decision to bypass the technical committees and sector boards

clock 12 October 2023 • 3 min read
Uncertainty stunts farmers' ability to plan for future

Farm Business

Uncertainty stunts farmers' ability to plan for future

More than half of farmers still do not have a succession plan, with ongoing uncertainty hampering efforts to ‘proper plans'

clock 12 October 2023 • 2 min read
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