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From robots boosting profits on the last remaining prison farm in Britain to the removal of Winter Fuel Payments and the impact it could have on rural pensioners - these are six farming stories not to miss this week on FG

There were 213,200 calf birth registrations in Wales during the first six months of 2024, a decrease of over 10,000 calves year-on-year, according to recent figures from British Cattle Movement Service

Growers being urged to disinfect stores to reduce the carry-over of damaging diseases to the 2024 harvest

It follows a decision made by an inspector in relation to a planning appeal from a developer which had been refused consent for a solar farm on land in Somerset

"This is the sort of thing which keeps crofters and farmers awake at night"

The sale of exhibition cattle at the Thainstone Spectacular topped at £9,000 for J. S. Baillie, Tankerness, Orkney

"We understand the true impact of hare coursing on our rural communities, especially farmers who are trying to go about their daily business"

With a boost to burger sales from the warmer weather, Cedric Porter takes a look at red meat market trends

Lamb prices are 93p/kg above last year's figures

GPS thefts reported to NFU Mutual had increased by 137% in 2023, costing farmers an estimated £4.2 million