Tributes have been paid to dairy industry ’giant’ market commentator and farmer Ian Potter, who has died suddenly. 

Auctioneer Oliver Chapman on prices.

Hannah Senior is the creator of the Innovating AgTech and Plant Breeding Stories podcasts, available on all podcast platforms. She is a passionate advocate for Agri-Tech entrepreneurship. Her own company, PBS International Ltd, works with plant breeders

Simon Nelson advises farmers on a wide range of arable and forage crops across Cumbria, north Lancashire and into south west Scotland. He has worked for Agrovista for 23 years.

At the beginning of January my parents went on a well-deserved holiday to Egypt.

Our farm road is the absolute bane of my life and has been ever since I started to drive.

Meg Elliott, auctioneer with Bagshaw and Leek Auctiions highlights the importance of marts to farmers’ mental health

Careful selection of maize varieties is helping a large-scale beef enterprise in North Yorkshire to finish cattle within 90 days and maximise biogas yield from an anaerobic digestion plant. Debbie James reports

To date I’ve not found any larval damage – there is still plenty of time for it to show its head, but I believe we are keeping on top of it.

Eleanor Durdy, 28, works on a family-run arable farm alongside being a criminal barrister.