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Hopes are high that findings of a new genomic study could pave the way for action to save the rare native Lop pig breed.

Russian president Vladimir Putin may have invaded Ukraine in order to leverage political power through the global food market, according to a top food systems researcher.

A project led by Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC), will look at whether the social competence of pigs and their welfare can be improved through management and breeding.

Russian president Vladimir Putin may have invaded Ukraine in order to ‘leverage political power’ through the global food market, according to a top food systems researcher.

The Royal Agricultural University has invited Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones, otherwise known as The Black Farmer, to join its governing council.

It comes after unrest from supermarket dairy suppliers as aligned prices lagged behind the non-aligned

Margins being squeezed due to increasing costs of production, coupled with sharply eroding support payments, means sheep farmers need to do everything possible to optimise efficiency and flock performance.

Government grants must support commercial woodland in order to give farmers an incentive to plant trees amid soaring demand for home-grown timber following Russian sanctions, forestry experts have said.

Research has shown even pasture fed cows are short of beta carotene at some point during the breeding cycle.