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New NFU dairy board chair Paul Tompkins said that if farmers knew what was influencing their milk prices, they would understand the ‘risk profile' of their milk and be able to make ‘business decisions' based on that

That was the message from new livestock board chair and Gloucestershire beef suckler farmer David Barton, who added the ‘unpredictability' of this strain of bluetongue was worrying

The UK Government is being urged to rethink its ‘not for EU’ labelling scheme which is set to be introduced in October

Helen is a fifth-generation farmer who farms with her parents, David and Anne Shaw, husband, Craig, and their children, Alfred and Hattie, at Grey Leys Farm in the Vale of York. The farm comprises 162 hectares (400 acres) of grass, maize and wholecrop for the herd of 240 pedigree Jersey cows and more than 200 followers

James farms Dairy Shorthorns east of Kendal, Cumbria, with his parents Kathleen and Henry, wife Michelle and sons Robert and Chris. The fifth generation to farm at Strickley, he is also vice-chair of the Nature Friendly Farming Network

Dairy farms in Kansas and Texas have been affected

Outgoing NFU dairy board chair, Michael Oakes said: "They [the processors and retailers] need us and we need them. While we will not agree all the time, by any means, I think actually working together means we are so much stronger"

Growers will need to pin down costings and consider benefits before committing to either of the maize under-sowing/winter cover options within the English Sustainable Farming Incentive

However, the organic price will increase in the UK by 1.34ppl

The standard litre price will increase from 35ppl to 37ppl