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Emma Harper, SNP MSP, is a dairy farmer’s daughter from Dumfries and Galloway and has been instrumental in toughening up Scottish laws around livestock worrying.

Matthew Rollason, 24, is from Great Harwood, Lancashire. He works in the agri-food research and development team for Dunbia. He has also established New Dawn Herefords and is an NFU Student and Young Farmer Ambassador.

As the world battled Covid-19, Chhattisgarh, an Indian state, took on a new initiative to promote rural livelihoods along with organic farming.

As I sit and write this, the children have returned to school.

You could be forgiven for thinking it was March. Cooler temperatures have somewhat hampered grass growth of late.

Meg Elliott on factors affecting confidence.

The promotion and marketing of agriculture has been a long-standing bugbear for many farmers. But just how does British farming build a brand that conveys trust and excellence to the public? Here, Richard Huntington, chairman and chief strategy officer at advertising giant Saatchi and Saatchi, explores the challenges and opportunities facing the British farming brand.

We have had our first Covid-19 vaccination, so there is light at the end of the tunnel and the Easter sunshine helped.

Abigail Woodhouse, 20, is from Ravenglass, Cumbria, and works full-time on her family’s dairy farm with her parents and older brother.

A new project examining he effectiveness of a community-led approach to sheep scab control in three hotspot areas in England has secured vital funding.