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"British farmers are more than just farmers, they are a lifeline for the country"

There is no escaping the weather. Like every farm in the UK, we have been battered over the past few weeks

A year ago we arrived in Exmoor with a threeweek-old baby and an 18-month-old toddler, not really knowing anyone and not quite sure what we were going to do

I remember being in Birmingham for the NFU conference in 2019 and the NFU launching, on behalf of the farming industry, a target for net zero on agriculture of 2040, 10 years sooner than the Government’s own target for the wider UK economy

This week's letters from Farmers Guardian readers

This month, Robert Kelly is senior vice president for the Europe region of MSD Animal Health, discusses why innovation will be vital if Britain is to produce more food to meet the needs of a growing population, at the same time as protecting the environment

"In order to make farms more sustainable, farmers have faced heightened pressure to diversify or change their practices to attain another income stream"

Lowlands farm, in southwest Birmingham, is home to Beth Withers and her husband, Tom. Here, she talks about bringing up her growing family at Lowlands, a beef and sheep farm, and the balance between motherhood and farming

This week FG's head of news and business, Alex Black, talks about this week's political reshuffle

In this Remembrance Day special, Jeremy Gibbs talks about the success of the Forces Farming initiative which helps army veterans enter the farming industry