Farming Minister Victoria Prentis has responded to the Brexit border disruption which has left UK shipments of meat rotting at ports.

Have you seen the exciting new AHDB ‘We Eat Balanced’ £1.5 million marketing campaign launched on January 4? Anyone watching social media over the past two weeks won’t be surprised its stimulated debate with huge support, outrage, passion and enthusiasm all stirred up.

Agri-environment subsidies could provide more stable farm incomes than direct payments, a new study of farms in England and Wales has found.

Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) has highlighted the need for Northern Ireland’s food processing sector to secure additional government support to expand the scope and quality of its existing facilities By Richard Halleron

January 2021 Dairy Farming edition

I am sure that we have all seen the usual ‘new year, new you’ adverts, slogans and promises littered all over the media and social media.

Breeders would face issues attending shows and sales in GB if the trading arrangements were not reviewed By Richard Halleron

Congratulations to fellow columnist Kate Beavan on her New Year Honour. It is great to see her efforts for agriculture being acknowledged in this way.

Happy New Year to you all and what a start to the new year it has been.

A 22-year old New Holland TX66 continues to provide cost-effective combining for one Gloucestershire farm, as Geoff Ashcroft found out during a recent visit.