livestock

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

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

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"

Bizza Walters, a well-known sheep farmer from Warwickshire, looks back on lambing this season

Ulster Farmers' Union are urging everyone in the banking sector who interacts with farmers, to take the bad weather into account and give whatever support they can

Deciding to commit to farming full-time has paid off for young farmer Izzi Rainey. Emily Ashworth finds out more

As an upland tenant farmer the NFU’s new vice-president Rachel Hallos will be a powerful voice as the union navigates unprecedented change

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

Glyn Lucas on why farmers are undervalued

Ensuring medicines are administered at the right time and at the right dosage could help reduce medicine costs on-farm