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It is very difficult to avoid the obvious topic that is the lack of rain which is now at the forefront of most farmers’ minds. No matter where you are in the country at the moment, we all seem to be in the same boat.

A new learning and development programme aimed at upskilling colleagues across its Great Britain and Northern Ireland agricultural team, and wider business, has been launched by Moy Park.

With a widening gap between the ’haves’ and ’have nots’ in the dairy sector, NFU dairy board chair Michael Oakes discusses how the ’average’ dairy farmer is fairing

The Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution (RABI) has thanked the agricultural sector for completing, sharing and supporting the Big Farming Survey.

The Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland (RHASS) has had a gruelling year but its 2020 accounts, released this week show that the 237 year old organisation has survived the knock on effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.

In a bid to ’rebuild’ land-based education at Newton Rigg College, Penrith, a four step action plan has been launched by community organisation Newton Rigg Ltd (NRL). 

A new pilot scheme is underway to help create pathways into the Scottish dairy industry and grow talent within it.

Rumours Carrie Symonds demanded Defra Secretary George Eustice should lose his job for being too close to the farming lobby and insufficiently tough on animal welfare have sparked outrage in the farming industry.

With more people engaging with the countryside than ever before, NFU president Minette Batters believes now is the time for British farmers to showcase what they can deliver for society. She tells Olivia Midgley why she is backing #FarmingCAN. 

With the launch of Farmers Guardian campaign #FarmingCAN, Cedric Porter looks at what farming currently does for the world and even better, what more is to come from the industry.