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YOUNG people keen on a career in agroecological farming are being held back by a lack of training and paid work opportunities.

Hannah Senior is the creator of the Innovating AgTech podcast and owner of PBS International, which works with plant breeders and seed producers.

Conservative leadership candidate Rishi Sunak was grilled by farmers and the press during an NFU hustings held at the union’s headquarters in Stoneleigh last week. Abi Kay reports on the highlights.

Since I last wrote we have had 10mm of rain, all of which arrived this week. 

Kent-based sheep farmer Marie Prebble (34) will attempt to set the first ever Womens 8 Hour Strong Wool Ewe World Record on August 25.

A call for Red Tractor to respect smaller farm businesses has been issued after a group of farmers in Northern Ireland threated to quit the scheme, branding it nothing more than a ‘noose around the neck’.

As pig producers continue to see heavy losses, Alex Black takes a look back at the crisis of the 1990s and the impact it has had on the industry today

As pig producers continue to see heavy losses, Alex Black takes a look back at the crisis of the 1990s and the impact it has had on the industry today

Vegetable oil prices reached a 10-month low, according to FAO

Farmers and landowners could benefit from a drive for new infrastructure, according to the Central Association of Agricultural Valuers (CAAV)