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Supporting farm income is the main reason for offering agricultural contracting services, according to a survey conducted by NFU Mutual.

This month, Ian Potter asks whether milk contract legislation will actually be bad for the industry and questions the response of some industry organisations.

Faced with Covid-19 related contraction of demand for spring barley and oats, many growers will want to take advantage of the scrapping of the three crop rule and maximise wheat area this autumn.

An NFU call to scrap ‘archaic’ discretionary milk pricing has come under fire for its lack of clarity about how the model might be replaced. Hannah Binns and Alex Black report.

In a bid to protect wildlife and the environment, farming Minster Victoria Prentis has announced the outdoor use of metaldehyde will be banned from the end of March 2022.

The NFU has set out proposals for how the new Environmental Land Management (ELM) scheme should work, after industry raised concerns about Defra’s ‘lacklustre’ plans.

Arable farmers have been urged to consider baling their thicker fields as straw prices rise on the back of lower yields this season.

Paul Vernon, Chief Executive of Glanbia Cheese, has stepped down from the role after three years

Earlier drilled oilseed rape crops have managed to get up and away from early cabbage steam flea beetle (CSFB) grazing this season, but later drilled crops in some parts of the country are starting to suffer.

Weather worries, no-deal uncertainty, a tighter global market and Covid-19 continue to influence grain prices.