Farmers Guardian is one of the weekly publications which north-west based Galloways Society for the Blind offers within its free, ‘Talking Newspapers’ service for blind and partially sighted people.

As world leaders gathered in Glasgow this week for the COP26 climate summit, the irony of their collective carbon footprint was lost on no one.

Accusation that there is a lack of clarity in agricultural policy direction in England may come as little surprise, but that does not make them any less concerning, especially at a time when the industry is seeking to define its future outside of Europe and the Common Agricultural Policy.

It can certainly feel as though some farming sectors are facing an uphill battle at the present time, and that is putting it lightly.

Preparations are well underway for Cultivate 2022, a business-led conference aimed specifically at farming and rural enterprises. With Farmers Guardian being the event’s media partner we find out more about what January’s event has in store.

Gene editing (GE) and the use of innovative breeding technologies is firmly on the agenda within Westminster, as evidenced by the announced on GE by George Eustice.

If farming is the start of the food supply chain, then there is no doubt that the logjams emerging further down the line will start to be felt as the abattoir network and wider processing sector struggle with a range of external factors.

Getting Jeremy Clarkson on board to drive home the ’back British farming’ message was a PR-savvy move by the NFU, securing, as it did, coverage in the national press and causing a buzz on social media.

Hedgerows, for some people, can be very emotive things. Part of the patchwork quilt that forms much of the UK landscape, they provoke a range of feelings from the farming and non-farming fraternity.

As the year turns to its final third, the autumn sheep sales are starting with favourable prices which reflect the sector’s wider positivity.