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Cranswick said the labour and supply challenges were being well-managed in its business as the crisis continues for pig farmers

Welsh Labour and Plaid Cymru have agreed to work together on a number of key rural issues, including the Government’s controversial water regulations, as part of a landmark Co-operation Agreement published this week.

New maternal evaluations will be launched in 2022 which aim to shift the focus to efficiency rather than purely output, explained Sam Boon, Signet Breeding Services manager at the online Sheep Breeders Round Table conference.

60 per cent of the expected tonnage of malting barley and 90 per cent of the expected wheat could not be found when the merchant was placed in administration

A perspective on the way in which genomic data has helped to transform future selection and breeding of sheep in New Zealand was delivered at this year’s online Sheep Breeders Round Table conference.

A collection of three new styles of knitwear made from 100 per cent British Wool has been launched by Fred Perry. 

The cooperative said it was needed at a time of ’significant inflationary pressure impacting on-farm costs and milk production’.

The Tenant Farmers Association (TFA) has accused Defra Minister Lord Benyon of giving a ‘completely incorrect’ account of a recent meeting with Farming Minister Victoria Prentis to the House of Lords.

The Nature Friendly Farming Network has called for Government support to help farmers move away from diesel, after Defra Minister Lord Benyon claimed it would not be used on-farm in 15 years time.

The Nature Friendly Farming Network has called for Government support to help farmers move away from diesel, after Defra Minister Lord Benyon claimed it would not be used on-farm in 15 years’ time.