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Unseasonably cold nights were experienced across much of the UK last week, with frosts hitting the south of England and snow falling further north and into Scotland.

Llyr Gruffydd, North Wales MS and Plaid Cymru’s Shadow Rural Affairs Minister, explains why the party is launching a new campaign to promote Welsh food.

Designed to enable catch crops to be undersown in maize at different growth stages, the Netherlands-built Zocon Greenseeder is now available in the UK.

The weather market is still in play and more dry weather is forecast for the EU in the coming weeks.

Japan is seeking to minimise access to its market for UK food products in any post-Brexit trade deal, a leading expert has warned.

There is much good in the Agriculture Bill, but its failure to protect farmers from low standard imports is very serious, says Daniel Zeichner, Labour’s Shadow Farming Minister.

The EU’s anti-innovation approach to policy making has stopped UK farmers benefitting from the latest scientific developments – but now there is an opportunity to change that, says Mark Buckingham, chair of the Agricultural Biotechnology Council.

£1 from the sale of every Morrisons’ ‘British Farmers Food Box’ will be donated to farming charities via The Prince’s Countryside Fund to help producers negate the impact of Covid-19. 

Agriculture is a highly versatile industry and the adaptations and innovations taking place in response to the Covid-19 pandemic only reinforces its ability to change at short notice. We catch up with two young professionals whose roles have changed as their sectors face the reality of Covid-19.

Welsh Government’s failure to consider how to protect food security in its post-Brexit policy proposals was flagged as a major concern by respondents to a key consultation, held before the coronavirus pandemic.