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It comes as emissions from cattle are increasingly under the spotlight.

Antimicrobial benchmarking can bring more benefits to a farm business than just reducing usage, was the message from Dr Tim Potter, VetPartners, speaking at a Dairy-Tech seminar.

Sustainability nearly always goes hand-in-hand with efficiency, but there are also some examples where something is sustainable but perhaps not efficient, said dairy farmer Neil Baker from Somerset.

My list of wishes in my last column didn’t include the biggest flood in the Waveney Valley since 1968, but it happened nonetheless and on Christmas Eve a nearby measuring station recorded its highest ever water level up by nearly 0.5 metres.

British added-value products were in demand in South America but exporters needed to know their market to succeed.

With chlorothalonil (CTL) no longer available for cereal disease control, growers are looking at what alternatives they can use.

The TFA said the lump sum scheme could increase land mobility

There are three main challenges faced by large and intensive dairy businesses, said Dan Brown, of Australian Fresh Milk Holdings (AFMH), New South Wales, Australia.

With drilling around the corner, Farmers Guardian explores key considerations for spring barley crops this season, whatever the end market.

Kerry Gratton, 19 from Spalding, Lincolnshire, is a fifth-generation farmer living on an arable holding and is working towards becoming a rural surveyor.