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To set the record straight about agriculture and climate change, Hannah Binns asks Dr Ceris Jones, NFU climate change adviser, to dispel the most common myths.

Sprayer operators without the skills to access online training could struggle to fulfil their National Register of Sprayer Operators (NRoSO) CPD requirements, with face-to-face training opportunities cancelled due to Covid-19

In the latest of our series supported by the Livestock Auctioneers Association and Shearwell Data, we visit the new Darlington Farmer Auction Mart.

Prof Judy Buttriss, director general of the British Nutrition Foundation, tells Hannah Binns how messaging around sustainable nutrition could support UK agriculture.

More than 90 per cent of farmers believe they have a role to play in mitigating climate change, but only 62 per cent feel prepared to meet the industry’s net zero target by 2040, a Farmers Guardian survey has found.

A NEW Northern Ireland record of 23,000gns for a Bluefaced Leicester ram lamb was set at Ballymena.

Analysis by Trouw Nutrition GB suggests this year’s grass and wholecrop silages generally have the potential to support good intakes and levels of production.

The National Beef Association have proposed redefining Prime cattle as those slaughtered between 10 and 28 months of age in a bid to improve the beef industry’s carbon footprint

UK agriculture is at a critical juncture with decisions being made about the industry now which will shape its future for years to come.

Its always a nice feeling to be finished harvest regardless of how it has gone and, with our 2020 efforts concluding yesterday (September), we have shaved a week off our usual date - helped along last week by some glorious windy days allowing very early starts.