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Farming families looking to ‘future-proof’ their businesses have been urged to register for the Prince’s Farm Resilience Programme.

The UK’s ‘Climate Assembly’ has said supporting farmers on their net zero journey should be the number one consideration of Government as it puts together its climate change policy.

Beef and lamb prices have remained strong, resulting in some cautious optimism for producers, although in such a volatile market it would be foolish to rule out the prospect of clouds on the horizon.

Research at crop science organisation NIAB has delivered an 18-fold return on investment to the wider UK economy, according to an independent study.

Dairy markets have continued to stabilise after the turmoil of the early part of the coronavirus crisis. New figures show dairy products were a lockdown favourite.

Sowing spring beans this autumn could help solve the problem of short winter bean seed stocks caused by the difficult growing season of 2020, according to new research by PGRO.

Food and biodiversity will be at the heart of LEAF Open Farm Sunday’s (LOFS) two-day virtual event this weekend (September 19 and 20).

Several major foodservice and hospitality brands have vowed not to import US meat unless it is produced to the UK’s standards, a new Footprint investigation has found.

Despite the Met Office’s ninja showers, we have now completed our harvest.

Resilience seems a popular word recently. Looking it up on Google tells me it means ‘the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness’. I quite like that and to me it sums up farming.