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Bad weather and breakdowns were the leading concern for agri-contractors, according to an NFU Mutual Survey

David de Jéhan, barrister at Parklane Plowden Chambers, explains how to minimise the risk of costly disputes when passing farms from one generation to the next

AHDB has issued the Recommended Lists (RL) 2022/23 septoria tritici ratings early, following high levels of the disease in the 2020/21 growing season and concerns about the breaking of resistance.

In the summer of 2003, as I concluded my studies at Swansea University, little did I imagine that almost two decades later the work of one of the Welsh poets we studied would again haunt with a renewed sense of poignancy.

Retaining a social licence to operate is a growing issue for dairy farmers who are facing a newfound societal backlash against what they do for a living.

Labour MP and vice chairman of the party’s ‘Just Transition Working Group’, Alan Whitehead, has claimed most livestock farmers will not be rearing animals in 20 years’ time.

Retaining a social licence to operate is a growing issue for dairy farmers who are facing a newfound societal backlash against what they do for a living.

Rural insurer NFU Mutual has issued some security advice to help farmers protect their fuel in case of prolonged shortages.

The UK Government has offered the best prize of zero tariff, zero quota market access to the ‘worst producers in the world’ as part of its Australia trade deal, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) UK has warned.

The UK Government has offered the best prize of zero tariff, zero quota market access to the worst producers in the world as part of its Australia trade deal, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) UK has warned.