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With just short of £4 million exchanging hands, it was a record-breaking trade at this year’s Kelso Ram Sales

The biggest display of cattle for many years was seen at Kington show, with a bumper number of Hereford cattle entries, which went on to take the overall title. Ellie Layton reports.

Sean Fitzpatrick, of the Northern Ireland Agricultural Producers' Association, said: "How can anyone expect our sheep farmers to maintain this when their income, which needs to support not only a business but a home, is getting significantly cut?"

Chief executive of the Rare Breeds Survival Trust (RBST) Christopher Price said: "In May, the previous Government promised £3m to support the creation of new and mobile abattoirs though the Farming Investment Fund. Since then we have heard nothing"

"We need connectivity where we live and work, not in our most fragile and remote wild places"

A new deal should treat farmers as 'trusted, talented and tenacious allies', says MP Tim Farron

The former First Minister of Wales said he would not seek re-election

Growers across the country asked to share experience of 'challenging' year

CLA senior land use policy adviser Cameron Hughes said the range of Capital Grants available were 'particularly worth investigating'

"It moves me to tears hearing how challenging it is for our farmers at the minute dealing with this awful virus"