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A map depicting soil fertility every 30 metres across Africa could boost the livelihoods and human health across 54 nations, international scientists have said.

This year AgriScot took its show and seminar offerings online and welcomed hundreds of visitors through its virtual doors. Hannah Noble reports.

If Defra’s latest document is anything to go by, the path of agricultural transition will be beset by instances in which bureaucratic ideology butts up against the realities of farming and food production.

The Waitrose Food and Drink Report 2021 revealed two-thirds of consumers believed buying products with high assurance of food safety and welfare was more important than price

Molly Griffin,16, is from Chippenham, Wiltshire, and lives with her parents and younger sister. She has started studying Level 3 agriculture at the Lackham Campus of Wiltshire College.

I’m no fan of Dominic Cummings, but it seems he may well have been fighting some battles on behalf of farmers, says Hywel Davies, who is a partner at Cyfreithwyr Llys Cennen Solicitors and helps his parents run the Aman flock of pedigree Texel sheep, the 2018 Champion Flock of Wales.

Farmers and land managers will have greater freedom and more choice in the future thanks to the Government’s new Environmental Land Management (ELM) scheme, says High Peak Conservative MP Robert Largan.

The UK Government’s decision to cut agricultural funding in the devolved nations will have far-reaching consequences for every farm in Wales, says Plaid Cymru MS Llyr Gruffydd.

The wet weather in September which put harvest on pause for some seed crops has led to quality issues and possible seed shortages for the coming season.

Industry bodies have called for heavy investment in a local abattoir network after the Government launched a consultation on banning live exports.