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Dairy and farm hygiene chemical manufacture GEA Farm Technologies has been fined £40,000 after a large cloud of toxic chlorine was released into its factory in Wiltshire putting workers at risk.

Growers are being urged to hold their nerve in bad black-grass fields.

Good hygiene and colostrum management are the corner stones of controlling cryptosporidiosis infections in calves.

ENVIRONMENT Secretary Ranil Jayawardena has been accused of giving up on family horticulture farms, as he flew to the Netherlands to look at glasshouse technology to boost home grown fruit and vegetable production.

Lowlands farm, in southwest Birmingham, is home to Beth Withers and her husband, Tom. Here, she talks about bringing up her growing family at Lowlands, a beef and sheep farm, and the balance between motherhood and farming.

Industry chiefs have urged Defra to consider expanding regional housing measures on a national basis to reflect any increases of risk for Avian Influenza (AI). 

Arla Foods has announced a 500 million (439m) sustainability incentive to reward its farmers owners for current and future environmental work.

Free range egg producers have the power to reduce the cost of raw material feed inputs if they get comfortable co-operating and collaborating together, Andrew Knowles, chief executive of Fram Farmers has said. 

Today is World Mental Health Day which is marking this year’s event with a call to ‘Make mental health and wellbeing for all a global priority’.

Rural campaigners have welcomed news that the Government is considering a rethink regarding land that can be made available for solar farms.