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Variety open day in Staffordshire identified a few wheat variety options that are best suited to a North West location

Creating a strong resilient workforce is key to ensuring the future of farming, and in an ever-evolving industry with changing policies and the need for robust businesses, supporting the next generation is more important than ever

For one Yorkshire pig farmer, gaining control of the supply chain was key in driving her free-range pig enterprise forward and diversifying into a butchery, farm shop and cafe

Unpredictable weather and a move to more farms adopting multi-cut silage systems has shown Cheshire agricultural contractors Dutton’s explains the value of its Fendt Lotus 1250T tedder

Virtual fencing is being put to the test long-term on the Strathspey Monitor Farm

From the breadbasket of India to the fruit and vegetable bowl of the UK – how one family from the Punjab established an award-winning soft fruit business in Worcestershire

Investment in milking robots and a new cubicle shed to accommodate them 14 years ago has worked well for David Merrett, who is now looking at what the next 14 years might have in store

In 2023 the Department of Health and Social care drafted changes to its guidelines so that retailers would be encouraged to put promotions on whole and minimally processed foods – until it changed them back to push processed foods after extensive lobbying. Emily Ashworth finds out more

Groundswell visitors were looking for answers on how regenerative farming can strengthen arable businesses at a time of low cereal prices and uncertainty over future farm support

Groundswell brings together a melting pot of ideas and advances in the regenerative agriculture space. James Huyton looks at some of the machinery and tech from the event.