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Dairy farmers have seen no ‘net’ benefit to their finances from record high milk prices with input cost rises cancelling out the price increases.

THE supreme pig championship went to Stuart Roberts and Jodie Fairclough, Bedale, with their July 2021-born Hampshire boar, Raisinhall First Turn 2.

IT was the Holstein champion, Enchanted Beemer Abbiene which was awarded the dairy inter-breed supreme award.

A new program of support is available for farming families looking to reduce their carbon footprint.

Any new Prime Minister must support agricultural innovation if they are serious about ensuring food security, says Josh Woolliscroft, head of policy and public affairs at CropLifeUK.

Defra is hoping to change its ‘strained’ relationship with industry going forward, according to Jonathan Marsden, head of Defra’s Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) standards.

IN the sheep rings the inter-breed judge, Bruce Goldie, Mouswald, had an impressive line-up of 46 breeds to chose from.

New data from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has revealed 22 farm workers were killed on farms in England, Wales and Scotland in 2021/22, a fall from 34 farm workers this time last year.

As the contest to become the UK’s next Prime Minister hots up, industry chiefs outline their predictions at this year’s GYS and what this could mean for future agricultural policy.

Scottish farmers and crofters are to be rewarded with a £50 ‘participation fee’ for filling in a Government survey.