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FUW is calling for a 'fair, multiannual funding settlement' of £450 million per year in EU Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) legacy funding for agriculture and rural development in Wales

Farmers are considering data more closely when it comes to selling through the marts

River Action has funded a judicial review following Shropshire Council's decision to grant LJ Cooke and Son permission for four poultry rearing buildings, each over 100m long, and a biomass store with boilers at North Farm in Montford Bridge

Scottish prime cattle numbers have shown short-term resilience despite the decrease in Scotland's overall beef herd over the past year

Conservative MP Robbie Moore said he was concerned that the Energy and Net Zero Secretary had not listened to rural and farming communities after providing the green light for three solar farm developments in Suffolk, Lincolnshire and Cambridgeshire

Defra's latest figures revealed large decreases in crop outputs, poor yields and high global costs from the war in Ukraine had driven a 19% drop in farming profitability in England between 2022 and 2023

The Energy and Net Zero Secretary said the biggest threat to farming is from climate change and not solar farm developments

Reports and photos from pedigree sheep sales at Worcester

Sheep farmer, Liz Griffiths, looks ahead to the event's seminar sessions, where she will be joined by a panel of speakers to discuss coping with business change and maintaining a positive outlook.

Smaller farms producing lower volumes have been impacted by the decision by the dairy giant