Ruminant medicines director for Westpoint Farm Vets, Jules Dare, gives advice to dairy producers on why quarantine protocols are vital, and how they can be implemented on-farm.

January has been a testing month so far; with heavy rainfall, sharp frosts and even the odd attempt at snow.

Fencing has expanded to be about more than just keeping stock in their designated field, as Jane Carley discovers on meeting with an ambitious young contractor.

February already. Time flies while you are having fun, or the older you get, the more time flies.

Matthew Probert on an unpredictable year.

Beth Alexander, 23, is from Blairgowrie, Scotland and farms 800 suckler cows and 1800 ewes across three upland units. She also works in the industry development team at Quality Meat Scotland as a cattle and sheep specialist.

2021 seems to be the year of the consultation. By the time you read this, the urea consultation will have closed, and no doubt growers will have had communication from Red Tractor regarding the opening of its V5 standards consultation.

Winter seems to be progressing in the normal way, with December being suitably wet and the last field destined for winter wheat will now be planted with spring wheat.

As winter draws to an end Tom and Jimmy Stobart hope their efforts to restore health and resilience to the soil mean their land will support a relatively early turnout. Ann Hardy reports.

Vibrant green paddocks ease down to the rugged coastline at Caulston Farm as they have done for centuries, but a strategic approach that drives how this land is farmed has an entirely modern grounding today. Rachel Lovell rep