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Livestock specialist Katie Fallon looks ahead to the start of this year's silage season

Livestock specialist Katie Fallon looks at Defra's proposed consultation for extending environmental permitting to the cattle sector

New machinery technology promises gains in efficiency and performance, but turning those benefits into measurable financial returns remains a key challenge for farmers and contractors, says Toby Whatley

Livestock specialist Katie Fallon discusses the highs and lows of working with sheep

Head of arable Ash Ellwood lives on a farm in Cheshire, where she and her husband, Will, have recently begun rearing beef calves, diversified into equine livery, and purchased 12 pedigree breeding ewes

Support for the farming community was refreshing to see. This week livestock specialist Katie Fallon reflects on her recent trip to Ireland and the fuel price protests.

Farming 405 hectares (1,000 acres), a mix of tenanted and owned land at Gatcombe Farm, near Seaton, Devon, Robert Reed and his family milk 350 all-year-round calving Holstein cows via five robots and are achieving average yields of 12,000 litres

Farmers Guardian livestock specialist, Katie Fallon, attended the International Federation of Agricultural Journalists World Congress in Nairobi, Kenya, last year; where she gained an insight into the country's agricultural industry

This week's opinion from throughout the world of agriculture: Fran Barrigan, director at GSC Grays

This week from Farmers Guardian readers: Dr M. Simpson, senior lecturer at the University of Sheffield, strongly refutes a recent letter