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Opportunistic crime is turning into organised crime as thieves target farm vehicles and GPS systems for lucrative markets online and overseas.

This year the British Mastitis Conference took place online and covered a wide range of topics around the latest research into mastitis from a selection of UK-based and international speakers. Hannah Noble reports.

There is no comparison to the UK’s food system in 2020 and the 1800s Corn Laws, and free traders are doing us all a disservice by denying this fact, says arable farmer and NFU Sugar Board member Tom Clarke.

Picture the scene. It is the end of 2021 and there has been a no-deal Brexit, while Basic Payments have also started to reduce in line with Government plans to move towards a more environmentally-based farming support structure.

With changes on the horizon regarding support payments, Tom Tolputt has looked at various financial models to ensure his business will stack up in the future. Rebecca Jordan reports. 

Joe Bramall, 20, is from a 162-hectare (400-acre) dairy farm, milking 240 cows, outside of Chester, Cheshire. He studies agri-business at Harper Adams university and is an NFU Student and Young Farmer Ambassador.

With grassland taking a hammering over 2019/20, reseeding is on the agenda for many producers. So what can be done to ensure maximum effect, longevity and performance?

The mild autumn conditions are extending the BYDV period of infection later into the year than would normally be expected.

Food defence ought to be number one on the Government’s priority list during this pandemic, but the new Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution does not even include agri-food, says Tim Lang, professor of food policy at City, University of London.