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What started out as a hobby for Simon Harpley, has now become a major passion for sons, Matt and Chris, as they lead the next generation of tractor pullers. Lucy Baxter finds out more.

British Wool is offering young farmers an opportunity to attend a beginner shearing course, enabling YFC members to work towards a Blue Seal award.  

Increasing the amount of meat substitutes eaten in processed products is likely to have ‘perverse’ environmental consequences, according to a top professor.

AT the Farmers Guardian supported show and sale of Welsh Black cattle at Dolgellau the top price was 10,000gns.

Claims that gene editing (GE) could produce food with a higher nutrient density or cope better with adverse weather should be approached with cynicism, visitors to Oxford Real Farming Conference heard.

A packed LAMMA show saw information and advice being shared across the halls. Alice Dyer and Ash Burbidge picked up some arable business tips from exhibitors.

A Buckinghamshire farmer has swapped the damp, cold farmyard for fun in the sun as he joins this year’s crop of romantic hopefuls on ITV2’s Love Island.

Jon Davies, director of RSK Wilding, explains why we should ignore any polarising rhetoric around farming and wildlife and get on with creating an agricultural landscape that is sustainable, biodiverse and productive.

Liberal Democrat MP Helen Morgan has accused a Government minister of ‘insulting’ British farmers, after he championed the benefits of buying New Zealand lamb.

Sustainability, high quality, animal welfare and the sense of community are the things which make farmers most proud to be part of the UK industry.