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The two-day sale of rams on behalf of the Swaledale Sheep Breeders Association B District at Hawes topped at £62,000 for the first day’s reserve champion

TFA chief executive George Dunn said: "Short-term and restrictive tenancies are holding back progression, investment and sustainable land use. We can change this situation with reform of APR. However, serious damage will be caused if the Chancellor takes a knee-jerk, abolitionist approach"

Soaring costs, delays and increased risk all hampering progress, say producers

The letter called on Peter Kyle, Secretary of State for Science, Innovation, and Technology, to confirm £5 billion is still allocated to 'Project Gigabit'

This is a joint role between the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and Defra

"Fairness in the supply chain is essential to a thriving industry"

In a joint letter to the Chancellor, farming unions warned how changes to APR could have a significant impact on tenant farmers, family farms, domestic food security and environmental delivery

"It's a living hell. People just think the countryside is a theme park"

Dorset Council said the publication of its Farm and Rural Estate Strategy, yet to be finalised and approved, could suggest the future direction of its 'specific approach' and 'future management' of the estate

In a new video series, Farmers Guardian's In Your Field blogger Dan Jones is exploring the future of upland farming around the world for his extended international scholarship with the Nuffield International Global Focus programme