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The scourge of rural crime clearly never went away, it is just that the pandemic lulled everyone into a false sense of security as the movement of people literally stopped.

Wessex Lowlines owner Geoff Roper warned they might have to abandon any future activity in Europe after losing £150,000 of trade in the last six months

Improving hygiene at the calf rearing stage will help dairy farms reduce their cost of production and improve animal health and welfare. Debbie James reports.

Hannah Buisman, 24, is from an arable family farm in Welwyn, Hertfordshire. She now manages the vineyard on their farm.

The Bank of England has warned the UK could fall into recession later this year following the biggest interest rate rise in 27 years.

The national show and sale of pedigree Suffolks at Shrewsbury topped at 23,000gns for a Forkins McCoy sired ram lamb from Arnold Oare’s Flintshire based Groes flock.

The battle for the Conservative leadership is hampering progress on farming policy, industry leaders have warned.

Almost two-thirds of farmers (65 per cent) are ‘not at all confident’ that changes to English schemes and regulations will lead to a successful future for farming, according to a new Defra survey.

Processors talk of the market stabilising as they announce the latest prices but there is uncertainty over where prices will head in the coming months