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New measures to crack down on livestock worrying are set to be brought in across England and Wales through the Kept Animals Bill, which was introduced to Parliament this week.

THE seven-year-old stock bull, Ampertaine Jackpot, led the trade at 20,000 at the dispersal of the Inland Pasture herd of commercial breeding cattle on behalf of Simon and June Cadzow, Berwick upon Tweed.

An increased grant offering has been announced to encourage the planting of cover crops to improve soil structure on Midlands farms and protect water quality, as part of the wider Severn Trent Environment Protection Scheme.

Cooler temperatures have so far halted septoria progress, but the disease is expected to ramp up in the coming weeks following the bout of warmer weather.

McCain has pledged to implement regenerative agriculture practices across 100 per cent of its global potato acreage — representing 150,000 hectares by 2030.

Recent research found found supplementing sows with oregano essential oil (OEO) has the potential to increase margin over feed value by 59 per sow per year, and increase the number of piglets weaned.

A GDPR lawyer said the attack on JBS highlighted any business in the food supply chain was susceptible to an attack

As AHDB Potatoes begins to wind down activities following the ballot vote in March, it has announced the AHDB Market Intelligence provision of potato price information will cease in July.

With Ash Dieback present across 56 per cent of the UK, farmers and landowners have been urged to check their trees this summer for signs of the disease. 

It is easy to farm when your plough is a smartphone, and you live a thousand miles from the cornfield.