As applications open for a 259-hectare (640-acre) farm in west Somerset, Dairy Farmer looks at how this business model could work for both new entrants and landowners.

Charlotte Bevan, 26, grew up on a Herefordshire farm and works as a senior accounts administrator for CXCS, a firm of agricultural compliance advisers.

Record-breaking temperatures last week swept across from the west-coast of Canada. By Bruce Jobson and Alex Black

Growing potatoes to be sold locally has become a passion for one Prembrokeshire producer. Debbie James reports.

Seed potato varieties from the EU may still be imported into the UK despite the ‘both ways or no ways’ trade ban, it has emerged.  

Defra has ended the six-month authorisation that has allowed imports of seed potatoes from Europe to GB at a time when exports from GB to EU were not permitted.

Defra has ended the six-month authorisation that has allowed imports of seed potatoes from Europe to GB at a time when exports from GB to EU were not permitted.

Pasture management is an important, although often under-utilised, element of sustainable parasite control.

Spirits were high in the West Country last week when Devon Show became the first fully-fledged county event with general public attendance to be staged since 2019.