Farmers in flood-prone parts of England have raised concerns that Environment Agency strikes could put their businesses at risk after vital flood alerts sent out by the agency were switched to an automated system.

With Q fever having recently become reportable, we take a look at how the disease should be investigated if you have infertility issues in your herd.

It takes years to breed, test and register new maize varieties which give UK growers the highest level of performance. Debbie James finds out more from the experts leading the maize breeding and trial work at farmer-owned co-operative Limagrain.

In a bid to move away from imported soya, farmers are looking for alternatives and, for some farms, lupins could be an option. Wendy Short reports on a farm where lupins have been grown since 2014.

After the dry spring and summer we saw last season it was hard to imagine we would now be paddling around in sodden fields again, but here we are.

Well that’s another year done, with the highlights being a record-breaking milk price and plenty of dry hot weather. The lowlights being huge cost inflation and the drought.

Richard Hyde on prices and production.

A lack of forward planning can make parasite control more difficult, so take time this winter to prepare for worm and fluke control at turnout and the coming grazing season.

With the only licensed oral spectinomycin for watery mouth in new-born lambs now withdrawn from the market, vet Gina Barnhurst, Cross Counties Farm Vets, offers advice as to how to avoid the problem.