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Mick Handley, 26, grew up on a hill farm in Slaidburn, Lancashire and is in partnership with his parents, running a herd of pedigree Belted Galloway cattle and 1,000 ewes.

Consumers feel more positive about British agriculture following a year of major change, according to a new report by AHDB

Investment in strategic areas of rubber matting and concrete grooving has proved worthwhile for Grant Hartman, who saw a return on investment within a few months of installation.

Most calf and lamb losses occur in the first seven days after birth, according to new research as part of a Britain-wide study.

AHDB analysts have taken a look at what each sector can expect in 2021

£2.2 million has been allocated to support Northern Irelands pig sector, Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) Minister Edwin Poots has announced.

Change often causes great unease, but when the views of a business sector appear to have been ignored then unease can easily turn to anger.

After four and a half tortuous years, we have now left the EU and are trading under different terms. Some would say, though, the journey has only just begun when it comes to Brexit.

Small farming businesses dependent on individual product sales to the EU are being left out of pocket by an over-zealous interpretation of the rules in the new UK-EU trade agreement.

THE British Blue Cattle Society sale at Carlisle topped at 12,000gns for Devine Optimist, a two-year-old bull from Martyn Hill and Jenny Devine, Biggar.