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In a National Federation of Young Farmers’ Clubs (NFYFC) first, Rachel Goldie has been elected chairwoman 25 years after her father, Alan Goldie, held the position in 1996.

The Government is encouraging food and farming businesses to seize the opportunities to export and become more resilient by diversifying their markets

For oilseed rape crops, wet weather is one of the biggest risk factors for boron deficiency, with the micronutrient easily leaching out of soils.

With the agriculture sector emerging relatively unscathed from the Covid-19 pandemic, India’s Government is using the crisis as an opportunity to implement reform. Amrita Nair reports.

RAGT Seeds’ RGT Wolverine winter wheat offers BYDV resistance and competitive yields, according to Frontier trials.

With farming often viewed as a career for life, the need to upskill employees to increase motivation or improve staff retention has become a widely accepted concept. Hannah Binns reports.

The cooperative has announced its on-account price for conventional and organic milk will increase by 0.5 Euro cent from March 2021 in light of mounting farmer pressures from rising farm input costs. 

Defra Secretary George Eustice has said the ventilation and temperature measures included in the livestock transport consultation were intended to support improvements in the poultry sector.

Defra Secretary George Eustice has promised to ‘respect the result’ of the AHDB horticulture ballot and remove the current mandatory turnover levy.

While commercial cattle exhibitors are hopeful of some livestock shows this year, a smaller than usual offering of calves were present at Ruthins sale of show potential cattle with prices understandably back on previous year