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Trade at the complete dispersal of the Blelack Aberdeen-Angus herd soared when a heifer calf and its dam sold for a combined 62,000gns.

A call of 28,000gns led the Charolais bidding on the final day at the October Stirling event, with averages up for the 59 bulls sold (+1,700 for 16 more sold).

The Welsh Government has been urged to review the cap on compensation for animals slaughtered under the bovine TB eradication programme.

Defra has been urged to re-allocate any unused seasonal poultry visas to the wider meat industry as supply chain pressure builds in the run-up to the festive season.

Members of The Farming Forum (TFF) Grassroots Group have urged the Government to allocate more than 60 per cent (62.5) of England’s £2.4bn agriculture budget to permanent grassland.

A new briefing for MPs and Peers which explored the potential health risks associated with pesticides, and their regulation post-Brexit, has been published by a University of Sheffield (UOS) PhD researcher.

Research organisations will no longer have to go through the lengthy and expensive process of applying to Defra for permission to carry out field trials of crops produced using genome editing (GE) techniques.

The Oxford Artisan Distillery’s Dave Smith spoke to Hannah Binns about why responsible farming needs to be the first step in the spirit-making process. 

Bayer’s SpotCheck initiative has opened for the 2021-22 growing season with a new, simplified sample pack request process. Oilseed rape growers and agronomists can request a sample pack direct from Bayer’s website.

Following the end of the use up period for bromoxynil last month, linseed growers are reminded they still have a means of controlling difficult to control broadleaved weeds thanks to an EAMU.