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Sitting down to write my latest article (and the last one for 2022) on a dark December evening, it is hard to believe that Christmas is now only two weeks away and another year will soon be drawing to a close.

Zoe Colville, also known as The Chief Shepherdess, is on a successful one-woman mission to show that #FarmingCAN. Liam Mooney reports.

Accusations that the Food Standards Agency (FSA) is dragging its feet on support for small abattoirs gathered pace this week, after it rejected proposals for a dual system of meat controls for export and domestic consumption.

Salad season ended later than normal, running into November thanks to the mild weather we have all had. It was our biggest production year yet, harvesting a total of 1,400 tonnes of various leaves – about 50t a week.

Cereal growers should factor in high fertiliser costs when deciding the cut-off between swapping winter wheat planting for spring barley.

With footrot endemic among the national sheep flock, a recent AHDB webinar discussed the findings of a clinical trial looking at alternative vaccinations for the disease. Katie Fallon reports.

Tress planted outside woodlands could be worth as much as £3.8 billion, a new Government study has claimed.

Organisers behind a natural capital marketplace launched in Devon say the world – literally – is its oyster when it comes to where buyers will come from.

Farmers and landowners need to start viewing natural capital as an asset to be managed. We asked Mark Tufnell, president of the Country Land and Business Association (CLA), for his advice.

As farmers are encouraged to pay closer attention to the natural suite of assets available on farms, which of the key areas are going to be financially incentivised?