Participation in GrassCheckGB has helped Welsh sheep producer, Anwen Hughes, slash costs of production simply through better management and utilisation of grass.

Livestock breeders have had to be creative to market their animals this year as the Covid-19 lockdown led to the cancellation of many sales and the entire summer showing season.

Farmers have learned more than they ever wanted to know about trade and international treaties since Brexit, and it should not be too much to ask for those who govern us to do the same, says Dr Nick Fenwick, FUW’s head of policy.

Asking farmers to build on their progress and go even further to protect the countryside is the right thing to do, but they must be given as much support as possible from Government to get the job done, says High Peak MP Robert Largan.

Brexit has been out of the headlines since Covid hit, but now it’s well and truly back in view and heading straight for us. It’s time to buckle up, says Cumbria livestock farmer Will Case.

The Internal Market Bill will force all four UK nations to submit to the lowest common denominator when it comes to standards, selling farmers down the river, says Liberal Democrat agriculture spokesperson Tim Farron.

As I write this, we are busy preparing for our annual gimmer lamb sales at Junction 36 and Lancaster.

Christopher Murley farms in partnership with his two brothers and parents at two neighbouring farms on the western tip of Cornwall. Higher Bojewyan farm has 180 autumn-calving pedigree Jerseys and Levant farm runs 120 spring-calving cows on the 370-acre mostly grass enterprise.

Lloyds Bank is committed to helping agriculture’s transition to net zero