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Defra’s new Environmental Land Management (ELM) scheme must stop the uplands from being destocked and wilded by stealth, says Phil Stocker, chief executive of the National Sheep Association.

Farming is a resilient industry, but there is still much work to do on issues such as export certificates, trade deals and future policy to prepare us for Brexit, says Matt Legge, a sheep, beef and pig farmer from the Isle of Wight.

Bayer is piloting a programme that pays farmers to adopt more climate-friendly practices that sequester carbon.

Last year, Bayer announced it was developing a new business model that meant it would share some of the risk associated with growing crops with its customers.

Conservative MPs who voted with the Government to reject an Agriculture Bill amendment to ban low-standard imports have been accused of ‘chucking farmers under a bus’ by the Liberal Democrats.

AHDB’s light leaf spot preliminary forecast shows that the disease risk to winter oilseed rape (OSR) ranks among the lowest recorded in recent years.

After months of near-record prices there is a bearish tone to the UK and global pig market amid fears of over-supplies.

Sheep and beef farmers in New Zealand are close to being carbon neutral, independent research has revealed.

Farmers were exiting the industry after being handed their notice by Muller last year

A useful discipline to maximise the probability of your farm business surviving the next 10 years is to make some safe, though unpalatable, assumptions, then plan accordingly.