This week's 6 top farming stories

• READ NOW: Removing Winter Fuel Payments could be 'devastating' for farming and rural pensioners

Devon farmer and agri-tech entrepreneur James Wright said he was concerned the removal of WFPs could push vulnerable rural pensioners and farmers into fuel poverty, with potentially devastating consequences.

• READ NOW: Farming industry shares views after BBC airs Brian May: The Badgers, the Farmers and Me

Farmers have reacted with a mix of anger and disappointment following the broadcast of Brian May: the Badgers, the Farmers and Me, which aired on BBC2 on Friday (August 23).

• READ NOW: Planning inspectors need 'urgent training' on farm tenancies, says TFA

The Tenant Farmers Association (TFA) has called on the Planning Inspectorate in England to give ‘urgent training' to its inspectors to improve their understanding of agricultural tenancies when handling planning appeals.

• READ NOW: Robots boost profits at last remaining prison farm

Britain's last remaining prison-run dairy farm has installed two milking robots, a move that has significantly increased milk yield from its herd of 120 pedigree Holsteins.

• READ NOW: Kuhn's GMD 5251 TC brings trailed mowing flexibility

The once favoured trailed mower seems to have fallen by the wayside for many grass growers in favour of front- and rear-mounted machines and contractor favourite, the butterfly combination.

Speaking to a Merseyside-based mixed farmer and contractor, we find out why they chose the unusual Kuhn GMD 5251 TC.

• READ NOW: OPINION: Farmers all over the world have more in common than we think

Following a visit to Switzerland last week as part of the International Federation of Agricultural Journalists Congress, Farmers Guardian's Alex Black discusses similarities in how farming operates in different countries.