Share farming is increasingly popular for people wanting to get a foot on the farming ladder, as well as those struggling with succession. Ruth Wills looks at some of the options.

Happy New Year. I hope you all had some form of rest and normality over the festive period. Like many of you, I was happy to see the back of 2020 while filled with excitement for what the new year has in store for us. Well at this moment in time I am slightly concerned that 2021 is just 2020 reappearing in disguise.

The environmental impact of farming is a hot topic at the moment and one of the main bugbears is the use of soya in animal feed, which is becoming a growing concern for consumers and retailers. Lynsey Clark reports.

Family farmers are the backbone of our countryside, they’ve shaped our landscape over many centuries - the reason why people flock to our National Parks and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty every year, writes Liberal Democrat agriculture spokesman Tim Farron.

Talk of workforce shortage is plentiful in the farming press and agri-social media, but solutions are much harder to find.

Bunning’s most compact rear discharge spreader is hard at work for one Welsh poultry enterprise. Jane Carley finds out how the spreader is fitting in with the farm business.

February 2021 Arable Farming Issue

February 2021 Dairy Farming edition

Farmers from all parts of the UK are reporting a positive impact on many areas of cattle health since embarking on BVD eradication programmes. And with the extension of funding for BVD Stamp it Out in England until June 2021, accompanied by a target of an additional 2,500 herds signing up, hopefully more farmers will see the benefits soon.

Supporting each other is key, says John Wharton.