Alastair Brown on the year’s trade.

The energy crisis has led to unprecedentedly high fertiliser prices, with potential for them to rise further before spring 2022.

I start with a falswhood. Did you know that the carbon footprint of the Coca-Cola company is greater than that of the entire UK livestock industry? No?

High Peak MP Robert Largan, Conservative, put forward a Bill in Parliament last week that would ban the use of disposable barbecues on open moorland and give councils the power to prohibit their sale.

This week, we have launched a consultation on the future of the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board.

With the clocks changing, the dry weather came to an abrupt end on the last day of October. What we were not prepared for, however, was the absolute deluge of rainfall which fell out of the sky on that morning.

October started and ended dry and I cannot remember a kinder autumn than the one we are currently having. I am sure at some point the weather will turn for the worst and test us, but for now long may it continue.

Delegates gathered in Stratford-upon-Avon for the 2021 Total Dairy conference, where speakers discussed how the dairy industry could build resilience. Jonathan Wheeler reports.

Maddison Wilson, 27, is originally from Northamptonshire. She is now a new entrant farmer in Fife, Scotland, co-owner at Hadden Farm and contract shepherdess.

Delegates gathered in Stratford-upon-Avon for the 2021 Total Dairy conference, where speakers discussed how the dairy industry could build resilience. Jonathan Wheeler reports.