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’A wet and windy April and May fills the barns with corn and hay’, is one we’ve all heard. And one we hope is true.

As head of agriculture for Virgin Money, Brian Richardson is keen to highlight that advance planning and preparation will help maximise your farm’s chance of successful grant applications.

Greater uptake of testing and vaccinating for enzootic abortion of ewes could help prevent unnecessary lamb losses, according to a recent national survey.

Ian Smith gives an update on mart sales.

A Welsh Borders farmer who created a herd of British Blue cattle in his wife’s memory has raised more than £80,000 for charity.

Tributes have been paid to industry stalwart Malcolm Stansfield, who has died aged 86.

John McCulloch, 21, is a stockman at G Barbour & Co, based in Crocketford, near Dumfries in South West Scotland. He is the chairman of Stewartry Young Farmers and chairman of the SAYFC West region agri and rural affairs committee.

Stewardship guidelines aimed at protecting workers hand-pulling bolters and weed beet from sugar beet crops were introduced by Bayer in 2018 with the intention of promoting product stewardship and operator safety.

Hutton Criteria disease warnings have been declared in key potato-growing areas.

On this mission we all share towards net zero carbon, two critical questions are ‘where to start?’ and ‘in which direction?’, writes former cowman and agri-marketing contractor Phil Christopher.