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Newly appointed chief executive Richard Lewis said: "Now more than ever, the UK needs a strong, science-led Animal and Plant Health Agency"

This week's opinion from throughout the world of agriculture: Kate Lord, chief executive of Cotswold Farm Park and Warwickshire mixed farmer

Defra says role will boost farming's profitability and the rural economy as Labour pushes its New Deal for Farmers

Agritech, a sector worth £13bn to the UK economy, has the potential to support farmers at a time when the sector is being asked to do more with less, according to Barclays

From midnight on April 7, keepers in Cumbria, County Durham, Northumberland and Tyneside must house their birds. This extension is in addition to those housing measures already in place

When asked what an ideal tenancy would look like Oxfordshire tenant dairy farmer David Christensen said three things must be considered – length of term, investment and compensation

Laura Greenman, of HCR Law, said: "While the Framework focuses on planning, energy and infrastructure, little consideration has been given to food security"

The programme, which opens for applications this spring, enables farmers to run trials of new technologies which may not otherwise be viable

Simon Haley, founder of SRH Agribusiness, said for farms in England, REPF had been the sole funding avenue for on-farm diversification projects since 2019

With the family farm tax hanging over the agricultural industry and the policy continuing to dominate headlines across national and farming press, Farmers Guardian puts readers’ questions directly to industry experts