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Recruitment for Alan Clarke’s replacement will start in December

It comes as dairy farmers see input costs rise dramatically driving up the cost of production

Oilseed rape growers can improve propyzamide stewardship and reduce the risk of active ingredient run-off at per field accuracy this winter following updates to the Corteva Arable App.

AHDB’s improvedlightleafspotforecast now reacts to rainfall during winter to help focus crop monitoring, particularly in regions with higher predicted disease risk.

Inaction from National Resources Wales (NRW) has seen farmland continue to be flooded every year, leaving Anglesey farmers exasperated.

The UK Government, in conjunction with the Devolved Administrations, is seeking views on how to reform AHDB to deliver ‘greater accountability and value for money for farmers’.

The Welsh Government has been accused of seeking to slash compensation payouts to farmers whose cattle go down with bovine TB.

Consumption of Welsh lamb could grow if the sector ‘takes away the risk’, with the meat highly-prized among England’s shoppers compared to its British and New Zealand counterparts.

Scientists have questioned the ’reliability’ of data linking deaths to the consumption of unprocessed red meat, criticising top medical journals for their ’unwillingness’ to produce primary evidence. 

BPS accounted for more than half of average Farm Business Income on cereal, general cropping, grazing livestock and mixed farms