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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.

Harry Barnes’ family has been supplying beef from Abbey Hall 51AVÊÓƵto Morrisons for 20 years, and is part of the retailer’s Beef Scheme.

With the country continually eager to find new ways to health and happiness, Emily Ashworth looks at how farming can play a vital role in producing the nation’s favourite and most popular foods.

Health and Safety regulations should be regarded as an enabler and not an inhibitor, according to well-known farm safety trainer, Brian Rees. Gaina Morgan reports.

By focusing on consistency and continual improvement, the Moorhouse family has not only built a successful pedigree Holstein herd, but has also established a successful yoghurt-making business. Wendy Short reports.

The latest developments in in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) are providing farmers with the ability to improve their herds more quickly than ever before. Farmers Guardian reports.

Farmers capture carbon for a living. We must be part of the solution to climate change. What’s more, as well as saving the planet, we might be able to earn a few quid in the process. But a frenzy of opportunistic corporate ’greenwashing’ is putting all that at risk.

Complaining about the weather is standard practice for most of us and although I’ve tried to avoid the subject when writing these articles, the recent cold conditions are making it difficult to look past.

Ailish Ross, 26, North Warwickshire, is an event and sales cataloguing manager for the Texel Sheep Society.