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Private sales of livestock may be increasing, but they do not come with the same guarantees as live marts and could leave farmers open to unfair prices and payment dodgers.

With the Roundup now applied to some of the spring barley crops, we are on the short countdown to harvest.

Two free virtual Farmers Guardian events are offering UK farmers the chance to find out more about the opportunities the New Zealand agritech industry has to offer.

Vegans who buy milk substitutes are harming the planet and would be better switching to cow’s milk, according to a new study.

Government plans to capture carbon through tree planting will be severely undermined unless radical action is taken to cut emissions from degraded peatlands, according to new analysis from countryside charity CPRE.

Amy Wilkinson, 24, farms with her dad in Halsall, Lancashire. She rears 550 beef cattle through to finishing and farms 243 hectares (600 acres) of arable land.

Covid-19 has seen the UK venison market decimated, with markets unlikely to recover to previous levels until 2023, the Scottish Venison Association (SVA) has warned.

Hayley Hanson, a welsh cattle farmer and owner of luxury leather brand, Hayley Hanson, will raffle off a handmade hide chair worth £2,000 to raise money for the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution (RABI).

While Massey Ferguson showed a glimpse of its future tractors at last year’s Agritechnica Show, along with various teaser pictures circulating the web in the past couple of years, it has now launched its next generation.

Designed for farmers who have reached the limits of harvesting capacity from straw walkers, but still want decent straw quality, New Holland has revealed a new threshing development for its mid-range combines.