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New Holstein sire choices, UK-bred bulls and the continuity of a long-term leader are all features of the young genomic sire ranking, published this week by AHDB Dairy.

Many of us are ready to see the back of lockdown. Whether it is the chance to meet friends, head to the pub, attend an agricultural show or just get back to some form or normality, the realities of lockdown are wearing thin for most.

It is great to see our oystercatchers, lapwings and curlews have all returned in the past few weeks as the season gradually changes from winter to spring, and hopefully the next to return will be the cuckoo and the swallows.

While the outlook for many of the UK’s rare native breeds has remained broadly unchanged, the Rare Breeds Survival Trust (RBST) has highlighted a number of ‘priority breeds’ in its latest annual Watchlist.

Following the introduction of Claas’s operator assistance system, Cemos, on the Arion and Axion tractor series in 2020, the manufacturer has now added it to the Axion 900 Terra Trac half-track series.

I have always been in admiration of progressive farmers and their rotational grazing, use of technology and, of course, the latest improvements of weatherproof clothing from New Zealand.

MPs on the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee have called on the Government to act ‘urgently’ to support food suppliers to pubs and restaurants.

A worker has died in a heather burning incident.

MPs on the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee have called on the Government to act urgently to support food suppliers to pubs and restaurants.

A young farmer has died in a tragic all-terrain vehicle (ATV) incident.