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Shadow Defra spokesperson Steve Reed says rural areas should be source of 'national pride'

With unsettled weather continuing to fuel high disease pressure, growers are being urged to ensure emerging wheat ears are fully protected through to harvest

Crowds flock to Wadebridge for the three days of the Royal Cornwall where the rings were filled with quality livestock. Ruth Wills reports.

Global weather patterns are impacting grain markets, which could give a little comfort to British growers expecting their smallest harvest in years

With a growing numbers of arable producers diversifying to include a mixed farming approach, Arable Farming finds out what is involved when switching from crops to forage and fodder

The Conservative party plans to boost the rural economy, cut planning red tape and protect the country's food production and the environment

Lizzie Hacking has been announced as the Conservative candidate to take on the deputy leader of the Labour Party at the next General Election

As part of their pledges, Plaid Cymru said they will increase the number of GPs to help rural communities, invest in rural broadband, create a specialist all-Wales rural crime team and reconfigure the rural fuel duty relief scheme

While mid-May's cooler weather saw lower early aphid counts in sugar beet crops, late-drilled crops are likely to present an easy target for aphid colonisation and challenges for insecticide targeting

The Prime Minister denied the claims just hours before the Conservative Party announces it General Election manifesto to the public