At long last we are enjoying some warm, dry weather here in Somerset. We have been lucky enough to grab some weather windows to do our first and second cuts on our Italian lays, and our first cut on everything else

This month Roger Evans talks about some of the latest agricultural technology and also discusses an icon of the dairy farming world; the scraper tractor

The 83 words mentioned in the Labour manifesto aren't enough for us to understand the detail of their policies

This month Roger Evans gives his views on Welsh Government and discusses the recent farming protests, bovine TB, trees and speed limits

As a farmer discussing the weather is an unwritten rule. So, let's start there. Our farming practices have been tested by the relentless weather patterns endured

Developing standard operating procedures for biosecurity can have a positive impact on hygiene in the calf rearing sheds

Running two dairy herds and a commercial property enterprise, Mike King has an efficient business, operating at a high level, but it was not always this way

As a dairy farmer I am very familiar with the extreme highs and lows the market throws at us, and the enormous pressures experienced by businesses like my own during downturns

Once conditions dry out, many farmers will start to think about over-seeding their pastures to improve health and productivity of grassland

Despite the increasing prominence of automated milking systems on dairy farms in the UK, some dairy farmers are opposed to housing cows all-year-round