Dairy

Industry leaders have urged farmers to be honest in their communication about succession planning if they want a successful transition.

Farmers seeking borrowing within their early agricultural career must be able to demonstrate their experience and adaptability, according to industry experts.

The future of a popular auction mart in Wales is to be discussed at a meeting later this week, after its continued closure sparked industry alarm.

The Conservatives have been clear – they will not allow our food standards to be undermined in trade deals, says Andrew RT Davies, Welsh Tory Shadow Minister for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Farm groups are very focused on trade policy, but their time would be better spent pushing for farmers to get a fairer price for their food, says Cornish lamb and beef farmer Rona Amiss.

THE mid-summer collective dairy sale at Sedgemoor topped at 3,900gns for Lymatra Attico Lila Z Red.

A petition launched by Penrith and The Border MP Dr Neil Hudson as part of a campaign to save Newton Rigg College, Cumbria, from closure, has received more than 3,850 signatures.

Farming Minister Victoria Prentis has rejected the NFU’s call for a Trade Commission to explore ways to protect food production standards in UK trade policy.

In a bid to signpost students to dairy related training and education courses, the Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers (RABDF) has launched its own directory.

An agricultural think tank has warned commercial farming is being ‘written out’ of emerging post-Brexit policy, despite the fact that fewer than 10 per cent of farm businesses produce over half the UK’s agricultural output.