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Incorporating maize into arable rotations can help control problematic weeds, while creating a low input, high value cash crop comparing favourably with feed wheat.

The UK’s ability to respond to a future animal disease outbreak is being put at risk by a shortage of vets across the country, the British Veterinary Association (BVA) has warned.

A farmer from Somerset has been fined £11,000 for polluting a watercourse with slurry in three separate incidents for the second time in five years.

The Aberdeen Angus Cattle Society appears to be in turmoil with the president resigning and the chief executive reportedly uncontactable.

After a tumultuous year for the National Federation of Young Farmers’ Clubs (NFYFC) which saw memberships plummet significantly, Hannah Binns takes a look at the health of the charity as it enters its ninth decade.

Farming must not be seen as the ’scapegoat’ for methane emissions, farming chiefs have warned.

A new deal between the UK and the EU will allow breeding sheep to be moved from Great Britain to Northern Ireland (NI) again, after Brexit imposed an effective moratorium.

Farm groups have expressed concern about the ongoing UK-EU row over Northern Ireland, which risks putting a calamitous no-deal Brexit scenario back on the table.

Farm groups have expressed concern about the ongoing UK-EU row over Northern Ireland, which risks putting a ‘calamitous’ no-deal Brexit scenario back on the table.