This week's opinion from throughout the world of agriculture: Ian Rickman, president of the Farmers' Union of Wales, discusses support for Welsh family farms

New for 2025, the Manufacturer of the Year award recognises a manufacturing business that is raising the bar in the agricultural sector

The 2025 Grassland Farmer of the Year finalists have been selected because of their outstanding farming techniques

Spreading the risk over more than one venture is helping to mitigate the inevitable peaks and troughs of farming for the Dowell family

Essex farmer Richard Bennett was forced to seek legal advice after a scam tractor advert cost him £30,000

World School Milk Day is back again and we take a look at one of the most nutritious products in the world, milk!

Alan Carter farms in partnership with his parents, Paul and Christine, on a 162 hectare (400-acre), 400-cow dairy unit at Constantine, Cornwall, with 130 milking cows, supplying Saputo. Alan, also a Parish Councillor, and his wife Sarah, have two children, Ross and Dana.

The 2025 Family Farming Business of the Year finalists have been selected because they were able to clearly demonstrate a shared vision of where the business is going

The 2025 Diversification (Small/Medium) of the Year finalists have been selected because of their ability to thrive through farm businesses that no longer operate behind a closed gate, looking to add value to their enterprise regardless of the size and scale of their business

Dan Hawes grew up on an arable farm in Suffolk and now produces strawberry and raspberry plants for the UK fruit market with Blaise Plants, sister company to Hugh Lowe Farms, Kent. The business grows outside, under tunnels and in glasshouses and produces more than four million plants a year. The arable side includes environmental schemes, with a mix of wheat, oilseed rape, beans and barley crops.