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LEAF Open Farm Sunday is a firm favourite in the farming calendar, but it has also given visitors the chance to find a role in the industry.

To the farming community, livestock genetics and artificial insemination are commonplace, but to the outside world, it is a far from obvious career path. Kayleigh Bowen, lead lab services technician at Cogent Breeding, fell into the role by accident.

Landlords who applied for an exemption from Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards (MEES) for let residential property in 2018 are reminded that their exemption expires this year.

There is a shortage of hedgelayers, but it could provide the perfect opportunities for young people. Howard Walsh meets two female hedgelayers who are key to this rural crafts future.

Farmers need to plan their cattle buying policy carefully to help keep Scotland free of bovine TB, with an increasing demand from farmers in England for Scottish breeding stock.

Financial pressures, long working hours and isolation are among with the causes of concerning levels of anxiety among farming women, a new study has revealed.

Making farming profitable is the only way to encourage more young people into the sector from non-farming backgrounds.

With a plan launched last week to tackle rural crime and protect wildlife in Wales, the police are looking to build trust within the rural community.

Cold and wet weather has delayed the planting of what is likely to be the smallest UK potato area ever. Cedric Porter reports.

The latest survey from the National Farmers Union has found that farmer confidence is at its lowest since the start of the pandemic.