Farmers are being urged to be on their guard this spring and help protect livestock from the deadly consequences of lead poisoning.

Milk cooling, water heating and vacuum pumps account for the biggest proportion of energy use on a dairy farm and therefore offer the greatest scope for savings, says energy specialist Chris Brooks.

Livestock farmers are being encouraged to investigate all unexplained abortions or stillbirths in their herds or flocks.

Donna Edmonds, Farms for City Children CEO, believes her charity can play a key role in safeguarding farming’s future

The ‘to do’ list for dairy farmers before first cut can be long, but key tasks must be prioritised to ensure high-quality silage.

Former Food Tsar Henry Dimbleby has spoken out on the Government’s trade deals, and said forthcoming agreements must not follow the ‘uniquely unsophisticated’ approach adopted by Liz Truss.

Four males have been charged with hare coursing offences in Lincolnshire, while a further two men have been ordered to pay more than £11,000 by magistrates in the county, after pleading guilty to trespass with intent to pursue hares with dogs.

Last year saw the first reduction in the amount of land rented to farmers since Farm Business Tenancies were introduced in 1995, according to Defra’s own figures.

Farmers Guardian’s news team talk about the latest in the food fraud scandal of South American beef being branded as British at a UK supermarket and Olivia Midgley speaks to RSPB chief executive Becky Speight