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Farmers must use the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) transition period to their best advantage and not waste it, Jeremy Moody, secretary and adviser to the Central Association of Agricultural Valuers (CAAV) has warned.

A dog has fallen to its death after chasing sheep over a quarry edge. 

A new, vet authored Livestock Vaccination Guideline has been launched by the National Office of Animal Health (NOAH).

The Environment Agency has taken steps to ensure farmers’ mental health is considered when enforcement action is pursued.

A new drive to encourage people to buy British meat has been launched to tie-in with the Platinum Jubilee.

Since 2012, digitising the grain passport has formed the basis of industry-wide discussions, studies and become the subject of a pilot project.

Defra Secretary George Eustice has denied accusations that the Subsidy Control Act will allow the UK Government to slash direct support payments made to Scottish farmers.

A computer program is being used to fine-tune concentrate feed levels in Russell Boyce’s robotic milking system. It has cut usage by about 9%, without affecting the performance of the high-yielding herd. Wendy Short reports.

Monitoring dry cow condition will be particularly important this year with farmers looking to make more use of grazing. Dairy Farmer reports.

Catriona Dickson, 21, is from County Durham but currently lives in Aberdeen as a Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) student studying rural business management.