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It comes as pig producers have endured more than a year of negative margins.

Serious livestock accidents and illness can, and do, happen. So what should producers do in emergency situations to secure the best possible outcome for the animal? Olivia Cooper finds out.

Improving cow comfort for better returns and to tackle consumer perceptions was the topic of a recent AHDB organised meeting. Jonathan Wheeler reports.

Cutting back nitrogen rates on milling wheat could see grain protein drop off much more sharply than yield, so growers will need to weigh up their options this spring.

A Herefordshire farmer will face criminal charges for his role in river maintenance works following investigations and joint legal action from Natural England and the Environment Agency. 

Exhibitors and spectators were back in force as this year’s Borderway UK Dairy Expo event got underway on what the shows tenth anniversary. Hannah Park and Katie Fallon report.

With input costs skyrocketing, looking at alternative home-grown protein sources could help bolster ruminant rations while reducing the reliance on purchased feeds. Farmers Guardian reports.

The seed potato trade with Russia is hanging in the balance as growers weigh up all the competing factors

Having recently read through and advised on yet another Farm Business Tenancy (FBT), which, as sadly now seems to be the norm, has a short fixed term and reams of overly onerous and restrictive tenant obligations, along with an eye-watering rent, I thought it right to put pen to paper on the subject.

Central Plains Group in Western Ukraine has been applying fertiliser to crops and making plans for spring planting, despite the Russian invasion