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Trade for Blackface rams at Stirling peaked at £60,000, a centre record for the breed, with 587 selling to average of £1,393, an increase of £272 per head on the year

Lower milk production has given support to milk prices but farmers will now be looking at the prospects for the UK and beyond in the next few months

The recently crowned 2024 Hereford bull of the year, Rempstone 1 Alpha N688, set a new breed and society record of 18,000gns at the breed society sale at Shrewsbury

The early October pullback in price levels from the record butter and cream prices, including some of the higher moisture cheeses such as mozzarella, may be deemed to have arrived a little premature

Previous surveys by Quality Meat Scotland have never recorded a value above £100 million

A new crossing type Bluefaced Leicester centre record of £32,000 was set

Maldwyn 'Gwern' Evans died at Blaenesgair Farm in Ceredigion on June 20

Since its implementation in 2021, the ATQ has permitted 260,000 tonnes of raw cane sugar each year to enter the UK tariff free, regardless of origin

While it was ‘unlikely' this winter would be as wet as that of 2023, the threat remained in counties such as Lincolnshire

From a new white paper from Farmers Guardian which highlights key factors the Government must prioritise for the sector to the latest bluetongue updates as nearly 20 counties face restriction zones - these are five farming stories not to miss this week on FG