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Warburtons has announced it will cease its milling wheat contract with Openfield from July 2022 and move forward with Frontier Agriculture, following an internal review of its wheat supply chain.

Defra Secretary George Eustice has voiced his confidence in the food chain’s ability to survive a no-deal Brexit following its response to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Some sheep farmers have burned or composted fleeces to help offset wool handling and haulage costs, after Covid-19 caused the wool price to collapse.

Dan Burdett hopes to learn from others and share his vision for balancing efficiency with profitability during his three-year stint as part of AHDB’s strategic dairy farm programme.

A two-year-old is thought to have died in a slurry pit incident after being found unresponsive at a farm in Lancashire.

This month Ian Potter reflects on the deep anger felt among some producers following the devastating treatment in the Covid-19 shutdown and examines the ongoing damage it has done to long-term relationships.

Studies at James Hutton Institute are looking at how integrating broad-leaf weeds into arable fields could enhance biodiversity without robbing yield.

As UK trade negotiations with countries all over the globe progress, there has never been a better time to redefine the value of food, says Sue Pritchard, chief executive of the Food, Farming and Countryside Commission.

After the Auditor General for Wales found WG mishandled RDP funds, Ministers must prove they can properly channel money to farmers through their post-Brexit schemes, says Paul Davies, leader of the Welsh Conservatives.

With many practicalities still to be resolved in order to get the new UK border up and running, Brexit has only just begun for the food industry, says Shane Brennan, chief executive of the Cold Chain Federation.