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In the week we learned a scotch egg constituted a ‘substantial’ meal and The Path to Sustainable Farming was published by Defra, we were catching up on a list of autumnal jobs on-farm.

Farmers in Montgomeryshire, Wales have raised thousands of pounds for families in difficult circumstances by donating sheep and lamb sale proceedings. 

Pottinger has expanded its range of Aerosem pneumatic seed drills to be used in conjunction with its Lion power harrows.

A new record of 46,000gns for an in-lamb Texel was set at the Select Seven sale at Lanark.

Defra Secretary George Eustice has said the current ‘buoyancy’ of the UK sheep market may mean the sector will not need to be compensated in the event of a no-deal Brexit.

Digestibility of early season maize silage can be low, resulting in nutrient wastage and even a reduction in milk production, but there are ways to mitigate this. Hannah Noble reports.

Over the last three years the Loewith family, of Summitholm Holsteins, has made three significant changes to its cow management strategy and reaped the benefits. Hannah Noble reports.

Arla farmers in Denmark are considering legal action after the co-operative failed to respond to questions about different additional payments to farmers

For farmers it’s a novelty to have your hometown in the news. Even rarer to see bits of your farm in the papers.

A rewilding charity is to challenge the Scottish Government’s nature agency NatureScot in court over what it sees as a failure to make the killing of beavers a genuine last resort.