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Overall nitrogen rates applied to arable crops saw a 5kg/hectare decrease in 2019 compared with the previous year.

The latest farm income figures for Scotland show an industry still worryingly dependent on subsidies.

Students at Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) took part in an online celebration on Monday (July 6) after their graduation ceremony was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Medina Dairy has informed its suppliers of a further 1.5ppl increase in their milk price by August 1 2020.

Farmers Guardian photographer Marcello Garbagnoli has won a coveted award from the International Federation of Agricultural Journalists (IFAJ).

Farmers have welcomed the news weekly livestock sales will resume at the Welsh auction mart under its new ownership from July 10 after months of closure and uncertainty.

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) ‘stands ready’ to assess the safety risk of chlorinated chicken and hormone-treated beef, its chief executive Emily Miles has said.

With Government advice still set on urging the public to avoid mass gatherings due to Covid-19, Linking Environment and Farming (LEAF) has taken the ‘difficult’ decision to postpone Open Farm Sunday (OFS) until June 13, 2021.

Farmers across England are set to benefit from simpler and more proportionate penalties for small over-claims of land under the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) in 2020.