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Farmers hoping for relief from high input prices were likely to be disappointed, with costs expected to remain high for at least the rest of the year and much longer if there is continued disruption to global supply chains.

Charollais trade hit a high of 15,000gns at the breed’s premier sale at Worcester for ram lamb from Dai and Paul Curran’s Wernfawr flock, Talgarth, Brecon.

Rural renters may be subjected to higher rents and increased living pressures as a result of the Government’s shake-up of the to-let property sector.

THE Lewis family, Dilwyn, Herefordshire, have been breeding Hereford cattle for 200 years and a number of breed records were smashed at their on-farm bicentenary sale.

UK dairy farmers are making progress towards better calf colostrum management practices but still need to focus on improved performance monitoring. 

Most livestock farmers who adopt regenerative principles on their farm seek to minimise their use of medicines and so finding ways of reducing the incidence of disease within a herd or flock is central to achieving this.

Burger King UK’s Tim Doubleday is passionate about its approach to sustainability – and that of the wider hospitality sector. Emma Penny reports.

There are a number of reasons why the Guernsey is so well suited to the system run by the Vincent family at Murchington Farm, Devon. Rebecca Jordan reports.

The Welsh Government has responded to industry concerns about its post-Brexit support scheme by putting food production and rural culture at the heart of its latest plans.