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A House of Lords committee has written to the Trade Secretary to ask what kind of compensation the Government will offer to UK farmers if they are undercut as a result of a US trade deal.

With the dry start to the summer affecting grass growth and silage yields, autumn-cut silage could provide a valuable opportunity for producers to avoid a forage shortfall this winter.

The National Sheep Association has planned a series of virtual events for 2020 and early 2021.

Publicans are being urged to look at sustainable alternatives to dispose of waste beer, including animal feed

The transaction was valued at $6.89 billion (£5.14bn)

Slurry gas – a damaging waste product or something which could earn an extra income while saving costs and reducing emissions?

An Irishman, a Welshman and an Englishman travelled to Scotland to shear sheep and this month the young shearers hit their goal, each shearing 400 plus sheep in a day. Well done lads.

The wardrobe, the dictionary and cyberspace. If nothing else, the lockdown has seen a fast-tracking of numerous changes. Some of them were in the pipeline already. Some of them have been a bolt from the blue.

Tight supplies are supporting beef prices, but increases may be limited by poor processor returns.

It has been a funny old month. At the last time of writing, early second cuts were being clamped while we still had a week or so left of growing.