A farmer has died in an incident involving a quad bike in Cumbria.

At the end of February, a Government Minister made the warm and friendly remark that Britain does not need its own farming industry.

With wheat’s most critical disease control timing looming, what is the advice for growers in a year with wildly differing drilling dates and crop development, the arrival of new chemistry, and low disease pressure?

Chris Newbrook, 26, is a third generation farmer from Glyn Ceirog, North Wales, and farms 210 hectares (520 acres) alongside his parents and grandparents.

Retailers’ decisions to stock foreign beef at a time when British prime cuts are in desperate need of a market have angered the farming industry. But what is the effect on farmgate prices?

It’s May 1 already. How this strange and troubled year is flying by, which is amazing given all the events and shows we had planned to visit are now just a passing thought as the dates get closer on the calendar. Very disappointing.

What we hope for, and what we actually get, are often two different things. And coronavirus is proving to be a situation which can make the gap between hope and reality seem larger than ever.

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