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Grazing and glass bottles are two essential elements of one Pembrokeshire dairy farm making a success of direct selling. Chloe Palmer reports.

With the UK gearing up for what could be its hottest day in history, and temperatures forecast to top 40degC this week, farmers have been urged to take precautionary measures to protect their stock against heat stress.

With public and private money being funnelled into regen agriculture, farmers are considering changing their practices to make them sustainable. But how can you begin the journey? Cedric Porter and Jez Fredenburgh report.

Auctioneer Ted Ogden on his trade predictions.

After experiencing their best Royal Welsh yet in 2018, winning the highly sought-after Fitzhugh Pairs Trophy, the Jones family of Dendor Herefords will be back in the cattle rings at Llanelwedd this month. Laura Bowyer repo

I cannot remember the last time it rained. That will be music to your years if you have got crops to harvest and an absolute nightmare if you have got livestock which are slowly weaning themselves and wanting to eat grass.

Any new Prime Minister must support agricultural innovation if they are serious about ensuring food security, says Josh Woolliscroft, head of policy and public affairs at CropLifeUK.

Young cattle are at risk from the mid-summer rise in parasite larvae on pasture, unless effective control strategies, including pasture management, monitoring and targeted treatment if required, have been implemented.

Reading this column, you would be forgiven for thinking I am always on my travels. My last article covered my trip to Latvia and now I am embarrassingly going to tell you that I have just returned from the south of France.

Countryside campaign group Right to Roam is encouraging members to embark on a ‘summer of trespass’ to unlock blocked or privately owned areas of the countryside.