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An online appeal has been launched to financially help a dairy farming family who lost a fifth of their herd to Bovine TB (bTB).

Defra’s new Dairy Code of Conduct is a ‘huge step in the right direction’ to ensure a fairer and more effective, transparent supply chain’, UK farming chiefs have said.

Dairy Cooperative, Arla Foods is using sensor technology to develop an automated measurement of the mental wellbeing of dairy cows.

The Bluefaced Beauties sale of individual Bluefaced Leicester females at J36 had a record entry with a hogg from Neil Marston’s Highberries flock, Cockermouth, leading the way at 8,000gns.

The Prime Minister’s fiancé and animal rights activist, Carrie Symonds, is said to wield significant power in Number 10. But should farmers be worried? Abi Kay reports.

Agri-businesses are becoming more inclusive in terms of gender and racial diversity, but while awareness of equality in the sector is growing there is still more to be done, a new survey has found.

The seed potato sector has been left disappointed by confirmation that there will be no relaxation of the EU ban on imports of seed potatoes from the UK.

The Ulster Farmers Union (UFU) has urged the UK Government and EU Commission to work together to find rapid solutions to border issues affecting farmers in Northern Ireland.

Speculation over two images has kickstarted a debate whether farmers should call each other out for ’environmental vandalism’. 

Prominent Beef Shorthorn breeder and former Quality Meat Scotland chairman Donald Biggar died suddenly at his home