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Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer today set out his stall to win the rural vote, declaring that ‘food security is national security’.

New data emerging from a study involving Welsh sheep flocks shows good potential to significantly reduce the number of ewes that need to be wormed around lambing time.

To date I’ve not found any larval damage – there is still plenty of time for it to show its head, but I believe we are keeping on top of it.

Careful selection of maize varieties is helping a large-scale beef enterprise in North Yorkshire to finish cattle within 90 days and maximise biogas yield from an anaerobic digestion plant. Debbie James reports

Farm households in Northern Ireland are now eligible for a £600 support payment to help counter rising energy costs.

A tight calving block can lead to benefits in terms of management and also increases in production. Ellie Layton looks at what farmers should consider before moving to block calving and how to ensure the block is then kept tight.

With increasing requirements of the need to use water more efficiency, the Environmental Agency and Defra are enforcing important changes to ensure that abstraction is sustainable.

More than 15,000 has so far been raised by a concerned Clarkson’s Farm viewer in support of a dairy farmer whose herd has been hit by bovine TB.

A Farmer has died and his son seriously injured following an accident on a farm in Wales, according to reports.

Tests carried out after more than 100 cows died on a farm on Jersey have suggested the animals most likely died from botulism.