It follows news leadership contender Kate Forbes turned down the role

Stephen Dodsworth on booming beef trade.

Joe Bowman on two-tier trade.

Simon Nelson advises farmers on a wide range of arable and forage crops across Cumbria, north Lancashire and into south west Scotland.

Yellow rust has become a bigger yield-robber than septoria for one Midlands farm, despite him farming some distance from the disease’s traditional eastern counties hotspot.

Good, but possibly declining, milk prices, coupled with high inputs costs, mean that maximising milk from homegrown forage and silage really is a ‘no brainer’.

Government inaction on sheep worrying is ‘undermining and contradicting’ its own animal health and welfare strategy and leaving farmers and their flocks powerless against dog attacks.

When you mention farming, many think of grassroot careers, but there are many more interesting and diverse careers in this thriving and vibrant sector.

Farming organisations have congratulated Humza Yousaf on winning the Scottish leadership election race to become Scotland’s new First Minister.

IN the second part of his report from a recent AHDB-led export mission to the USA, Ben Briggs assesses the opportunities afforded by the country’s vast food retail scene and also learns about plans to host a large delegation of foreign meat buyers at this year’s Great Yorkshire Show.