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Assessment of a high number of black-grass seed samples shed this summer and collected from winter cereals has shown that dormancy is high at 24 per cent germination.

Despite the re-opening of local council-run recycling centres, the fly tipping scourge is continuing around Scotland, with farmers and landowners reporting increased instances of rubbish being discarded.

If you are looking for a great book which captures farming life in Scotland have a look at Eilidh MacPherson’s ‘300 Farmers of Scotland’.

With lockdown restraining the farmland market in the first half of 2020, Alex Black takes a look at the main trends driving buyers and sellers this year.

Just a few days ago ‘Desert Dorset’ was a dust bowl. The milking herd has been on a full silage diet as there was just no grass and no growth as it has hardly rained for more than a month.

Lucy Hinch, 20, from Rutland, comes from an arable farm along with 216,000 free range layers. She is currently studying an agricultural degree at Harper Adams University.

The British Game Alliance (BGA) appointed its new chief executive Liam Stokes in July. Abi Kay spoke to him to find out what his priorities are for the sector.

New Trade and Agriculture Commission member Shanker Singham has not always had the best reputation in the farming community. Abi Kay speaks to him to find out how he thinks UK farmers can be protected in a post-Brexit world.

If the British are a nation of curtain twitchers then there is every chance I have joined their ranks. Since lockdown at the end of March, those Farmers Guardian staff who were office-based have swapped life on a business park for life at home.

August 21 marks the day the UK would run out of food if it relied on homegrown produce