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March came in like a lamb for us here in the Scottish Borders, so let’s hope the old saying isn’t accurate as we’ll be lambing at the end of the month and could do without any roaring lions.

As a country 85 per cent reliant on food imports, primarily from the US, Antigua and Barbuda is focusing on food security, but climate change and Covid-19 is making this no mean feat. Alice Dyer reports.

Farmers on aligned milk contracts were losing patience, with significant numbers handing in notices as prices lag behind the market rate.

Nearly 90,000 primary school students will learn how science is integral to UK agriculture and food production first-hand from British farmers.

GPS theft has become an alarming trend across UK farms in recent years. Hannah Binns and Toby Whatley investigate what is fuelling the crime and how farmers and contractors can protect their equipment.

As war rages between Russia and Ukraine, is now the time for UK governments to press the pause button on agricultural policy reform and focus instead on producing enough food to feed the nation?

Delays in the rollout of the Government’s Environmental Land Management schemes (ELMs) are down to a deliberate policy of ‘listening, learning and improving’, Defra has revealed.

This is your reminder that Mother’s Day is fast approaching – Sunday, March 27, to be exact.

Scott Dey, 22, is a sheep farmer and contract shepherd from Kemnay, Aberdeenshire.

A new centre record of 9,500 was set at the show and sale of continental cross suckled calves at Carlisle.