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Lovers of Dartmoor’s iconic landscape can now ‘taste the view’ by purchasing prime lamb from a selection of Morrisons stores as part of its local campaign, sourcing lambs from the Dartmoor Farmers’ Association.

Specialist potato grower Scutt Farming was selling 100 per cent of its 152-hectare (375-acre) potato crop to fish and chip shops when lockdown began, forcing the East Yorkshire family business to urgently find a new market.

Egg production is a useful diversification for spreading risk, says farmer Charlie Rook, but attracting young workers is a real problem.

Ben Drummond’s family farming business is a diverse one. Spread over 25 sites in Herefordshire, the Midlands, Yorkshire and Norfolk, E.C. Drummond covers poultry, fruit and arable production.

A new kind of land army of specially trained farmers is being mobilised to venture into assembly halls around the country to talk to children. Sarah Todd finds out more about the Farmers for Schools project.

Zanna Dennis on the value of British farming.

Although less widespread than blackgrass, the increasing threat of Italian ryegrass can be a severe problem on-farm. Peter Crowe reports.

A new drive to encourage people to buy British meat has been launched to tie-in with the Platinum Jubilee.

There has been a surge in demand from teachers linking up with farmers to help educate schoolchildren about where food comes from. Danusia Osiowy looks at the impact Farmer Time is having on the consumers of tomorrow.

Richard Haigh on the balance of trade.