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Elle Slade has been encouraged to follow her own path on the family farm and has set up her own successful calf rearing business, while working part time at a nearby fattening unit

Amy works on her family’s tenanted farm at Halsall, Lancashire. Working mainly with her dad, Amy farms 285 hectares (704 acres) of arable crops and 550 beef cross cattle which are all reared through to finishing. You can follow her on Instagram @amygingewilkinson

UFU said the delay to the Suckler Cow Scheme will not suit farmers who are spring calving

Finding ways to encourage the next generation onto the land was also a key discussion point

Routine testing of bull fertility is an essential but often overlooked aspect of suckler herd profitability

‘Measure to manage' is the principle behind advice to instigate pregnancy diagnosis for suckler cows, with the process being a cost-effective herd management tool

A cow has given birth to triplets, defying one in 100,000 odds.