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The farmer at the centre of a bird flu outbreak in Angus, Scotland, has spoken out over the ordeal.

David Mitchell, 25, is a third generation farmer, farming 200 native suckler cows and 750 ewes outside Wiston, Biggar. A past Biggar YFC chair, he is currently Lanarkshire vice-chair and sits on the National Ag and Rural Affairs Committee.

It is easy for livestock farmers to become depressed about the apparent ascendancy of the vegan lobby but according to one expert there is a positive story to tell about meat.

Farm groups have urged Ministers not to put UK producers at a competitive disadvantage, after trade partner Australia refused to sign up to a global pledge to cut methane emissions by 30 per cent over the next nine years.

The introduction of the AIPZ comes after the disease was detected in captive birds at premises in England, Wales and Scotland

Lea Valley Growers Association said over half its members have decided it was not worth the risk to plant with no guarantee they could attract the labour they needed

A project investigating brome on UK arable farms has found all brome species have increased in prevalence and some are becoming less sensitive to certain herbicides.

A Conservative peer has said her colleagues in the party believe the Governments effective ban on autumn applications of organic fertiliser is politically driven.

A Conservative peer has said her colleagues in the party believe the Government’s effective ban on autumn applications of organic fertiliser is ‘politically driven’.

UK slurry inoculant manufacturer, Envirosystems, has won a share of Defra’s £5 million Farming Innovation Pathways (FIP) research funding to help the industry move towards net zero emissions.