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LEADING the trade at the Christmas Stars sale of Texel females at Carlisle were to Boden and Davies, Stockport, who sold shearling gimmers from their Mellor Vale and Sportsmans flocks at 38,000gns and 30,000gns.

Landlords seeking to take land back for tree planting have been ‘frightening’ tenants with notices to quit, according to the TFA.

A new children’s book developed by The Farming Community Network (FCN) and author Pauline McLeod will help young children understand the stress uncertainty can cause families and develop resilience skills.

A huge tranche of the hill land on the iconic Glen Dye Estate in the eastern Grampians has been sold for forestry and peatland restoration.

A huge tranche of the hill land on the iconic Glen Dye Estate in the eastern Grampians has been sold for forestry and peatland restoration.

IAAS has updated its guidance in response to the rise in cases of the Omicron variant

UK-US AgTech company Phytoform has landed a $5.7 million (£4.3m) investment led by Eniac Ventures to develop new climate resilient crops. 

An auction mart has been prosecuted and fined £16,000 after a drover sustained a serious laceration to his leg following an incident with a horned bull.

Future farm support could be based around knowledge exchange rather than meeting specific targets, animal scientists at disease research centre Moredun have said.

LAMMA Show has been moved from January to May in response to the unfolding Covid-19 surge.