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Adding value to every acre and collaboration were key areas for farmers looking to future-proof their businesses ahead of the major changes coming down the track. 

Being handed the baton by fellow Dorset farmer and longstanding Farmers Guardian contributor, Jon Stanley, is rather a daunting task, but, as this is my first article, I thought I would write a little bit about about my background and a general introduction to our farm.

There has never a better time to let farmers support your mental and physical health and for all of us to support a green recovery from Covid-19, according to Caroline Millar,Agritourism Monitor Farm programme co-ordinator.

Outbreaks of frit fly damage are being reported by ProCam agronomists in different parts of the country in winter cereal crops planted after spring oats.

A deal which will see Berwick-on-Tweed based Simpsons Malt acquire the entire grain merchanting business of WN Lindsay will create a giant in the malting barley sector.

Forestry land, either already planted or suitable for planting, is continuing to rise in value.

Grazing some classes of livestock on brassicas outside over winter could prove to be a cost-effective feed source if managed correctly. Helen Mathieu of Germinal shares her tips to realising their potential.

An inquest has heard a farmer drowned in a stream after deliberately driving his Land Rover through a roadside fence.

GB potato lifting is coming to an end with an estimated 96 per cent of the harvest complete by November 10.

A Welsh farmer has fallen 40 metres into a quarry while checking livestock and is in a ’serious but stable condition’.