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The UK meat sector will start losing EU customers from September unless Government clarifies key technical issues on trade arrangements, the British Meat Processors Association (BMPA) has warned.

Non-Chinese Asian markets could provide major opportunities for British red meat exports, an online AHDB seminar heard.

Defra has announced plans to reissue six temporary general licences for the control of wild birds following backlash from rural groups over its ‘chaotic’ wildlife system.

Flood-hit farmers are set to benefit from a £6 million funding pot, to help with recovery efforts.

AFP, a specialist capital provider to UK businesses operating in the agriculture sector, has been approved to issue loans under the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) to offset cashflow disruption.

A new study shows invasive native species of rushes are spreading across UK upland farms.

A study carried out at Scotland’s Rural College is looking at the viability of heather and fungi as alternatives to anthelmintic treatments.

Recent hot, humid weather has increased the risk of potato late blight with Hutton Criteria periods being triggered in several regions in the last few days.

Having spent many years in agriculture working as a shepherd and livestock manager, Graham Miles says his role as a rural chaplain combines both his passions of farming and the church. Angela Calvert reports.

Industry has called for transformative, long-lasting change in food systems across the sector in the recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic.