The Royal Scottish Agricultural Benevolent Institution (RSABI), the charity supporting people in Scottish agriculture, is looking for participants for its virtual Great Glen Challenge event taking place on Friday, August 27.

August 2021 Arable Farming Issue

Prospective undergraduates atthe Royal Agricultural University (RAU) and the University of Readingcan apply for theJordans andThe Prince’s Countryside FundSustainable Agriculture Bursary, worth £5,000.

Eveey Hunter, 27, works for the family farm business, managing the admin and accounts as well as provides freelance consultancy work for other haulage and farm businesses. She is also on the NFU Student and Young Farmer Ambassador programme, and recently launched a farm safety initiative asking farmers to list five things they could do to make their farm safer.

The worst thing about brewers grains is when you stop feeding them, according to a Cheshire producer who has used co-products in his milking herd, dry cow and heifer rations for as long as he can remember.

The transition period is a crucial time for any dairy herd but for autumn-calving herds there is only a small window to get it right, so how can producers ensure success?

A carefully considered reseeding strategy is helping to lift yields of grass on a drought-prone upland farm in Wales.

Farmers can tap into Defra funding to help them during the seven-year agricultural transition.

Farms are being urged not to overlook the effect of rising temperatures on livestock and to take precautionary measures against heat stress after the Met Office issued its first ever extreme heat warning.

Plaid Cymru Ceredigion MP Ben Lake says the UK-Australia trade deal has given Welsh farmers a ‘harsh lesson’ about Westminster’s trade priorities.