The biennial British Pig and Poultry Fair will return to Birmingham this month and is set to provide visitors with fresh ideas and the latest research

Mike Green has died aged 68

Allan Thursby pleads not guilty to the gross negligence manslaughter of an eight-year-old boy who died in Eden Valley

This week from Farmers Guardian readers: Terry Breverton, Penarth, argues that large-scale renewable energy development in Wales is economically and environmentally damaging, while doing little to influence global emissions

Keep an eye on the latest trends in the fuel markets as the crisis in the Middle East continues

Implementing a vaccine programme to control calf scour proved to be a turning point for Lake District farm

Emma and her family farm in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, milking 100 pedigree Holsteins and selling raw milk from the farmgate. They also run 300 North Country Mules. Emma is chair of RABI Monmouthshire and volunteers with the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution

Kate Rowell is a fifth-generation farmer running the 750-hectare (1,853-acre) Hundleshope Farm on the Haystoun Estate, Peebles, where the family have been tenants for 150 years. She runs the hill unit with her husband Ed and their four children. She is also a vet and chair of Quality Meat Scotland

This week from Farmers Guardian readers: Hilary Wilson, Appleby, highlights concerns about vegetation overgrowth following livestock removal and the importance of hill farming in maintaining biodiversity and landscape heritage

As part of an exclusive 12-month blog for Farmers Guardian, the new cohort of youngsters on the McDonald's Progressive Young Farmer programme talk about their hopes for the future and the impact they can make. This month we hear from Ashleigh Yates, from Kent