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Harper Adams University vice-chancellor Dr David Llewellyn has retired after 23 years. 

A wild camper who threatened to shoot a farmer’s husband when challenged for having his dog off a lead on farmland has pleaded guilty to behaving in a threatening and abusive manner.

A farmer has urged the public to report any unsupervised dogs, or incidents of dogs attacking sheep, after 29 sheep were killed in recent attacks.

The Energy Minister who signed the net zero by 2050 target into law has questioned whether the approach is the right one.

Reducing emissions from feed was highlighted as an opportunity with the report finding some farmers were overfeeding protein, leading to higher emissions

FARMERS could see increases to the costs of abstraction licences and charges for the volume of water taken as part of the Environment Agency’s (EA) first overhaul of the system in 10 years.

Farmers applying for gun licences will face social media checks as part of Home Office plans to toughen up firearms legislation following the Plymouth mass shooting.

Nearly all farmers taking part in a recent calf survey recognised the link between well reared heifers and future performance, yet data suggests there is huge scope for producers to drive efficiencies further.

Two key strains of Mannheimia haemolytica bacteria are likely to be responsible for pneumonia in calves, with a third of unknown pathogenic status.

The potential to drive genetic gain, make more informed breeding decisions and improve efficiencies begs the question as to why you would not genomically test heifers.