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Dairy farmers on aligned milk contracts have ‘jumped ships’ or are considering it in search of greener pastures, according to industry leaders.

The future direction of AHDB and how its levy will be invested during the next five years will be unveiled to levy payers next month. 

A farmer has won a four-year business rates battle against HMRC in what could become a landmark victory for farm parks.

Rural campaign body CPRE has warned that a return to fracking risks ‘breaking the countryside’ and ‘further hammering’ rural communities already hit hard by the cost of living crisis.

In the latest instalment of the Farming With Nature series, Jane Thynne explores how farmers can make space for nature and boost biodiversity on their land. 

More than a quarter of farmers now plan to cut back or cease farming as the average age of farmers continues to climb.

If children really do make their minds up about which careers they do not want to do by the age of nine, then agriculture needs to be at the forefront of selling its wares to the next generation from a young age.

Emily Brown, 23, works on her family’s mixed farm in Stagsden, Bedfordshire and was Harper Adams Students’ Union president in 2021-22. She is also a NFU Student and Young Farmer Ambassador and helps promote diversity and inclusion in the industry.

Precision Grazing, a farm consultancy group specialising in pasture-based livestock systems, recently held an on-farm open day with discussions focusing on how farmers could create resilient and profitable businesses. Rebecca

Not all politicians have the ‘gumption’ to take the hard decisions required to meet the Government’s net zero by 2050 target, a National Trust chief has warned.