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A dog owner whose pet continually attacked livestock despite being warned by police has been banned from entering any private land or farmer’s field without permission.

Returns for this year’s wool clip will be ’significantly’ better than the previous two years , Andrew Hogley, chief executive of British Wool, has said.

A push to plant trees across Scotland has driven marginal grazing land prices up, with a knock-on effect on better land.

Setting a new breed record of 1,350gns for an Oxford Down at Worcester was Vickie Jones, Lutterworth, with a shearling ram from her Billesdons flock.

There is good evidence that a trap crop of volunteer oilseed rape can reduce cabbage stem flea beetle (CSFB) damage by luring the pest away from the crop.

Claas has launched the Trion, a new mid-range of combines, replacing most of the Tucano Series and offering a new option for Lexion customers who do not want the step up to its latest machines of the same name.

Wool’s important role as a sustainable clothing textile has been highlighted by Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, who has slammed the fast fashion industry for its contributions to the climate and ecological emergency.

Confidence in the breeding sheep trade looked to be holding up at Thame Summer Sheep Fair, where averages were generally up for most breeds and a clearance rate of 97.3 per cent for the 16,953 sheep penned was achieved.

The NFU has said the publication by the Environment Agency (EA) of a regulatory position statement (RPS) on spreading organic manures is a missed opportunity.