Skyrocketing shipping price hikes have hit the ‘big five’ global meat exporters as Covid-19 continues to play havoc in global markets. By Bruce Jobson

November has seen the return of the Young Farmers dinner dance season here in south west Lancashire.

Ben Greenfield, 24, is a butcher and third-generation farmer from Twycross, Leicestershire. The farm runs 1,000 Texel cross breeding ewes, 500 free-range laying hens and a few pigs.

Stephen Dodsworth on trade at marts.

British Columbia has suffered its second agricultural disaster during the past six months. By Bruce Jobson.

Careful budgeting and persistence are the key requirements to the success of once-a-day milking systems. Wendy Short reports.

Welsh Labour and Plaid Cymru have agreed to work together on a number of key rural issues, including the Government’s controversial water regulations, as part of a landmark Co-operation Agreement published this week.