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Ensuring the UK’s food supply is secure must be a key aim in all of our future trade talks, as well as post-Brexit farm policy, says Conservative peer Anne McIntosh.

With many wheat crops either poorly established or drilled particularly late, ensuring micronutrient requirements are met can give yields an extra boost.

COVID-19 turned the whole world upside down in a matter of days, affecting every sector in every corner of the UK says Simon Houghton, risk consultant at Lycetts Risk Management Services (LRMS).Ìý

After the tragic death of her husband, Emma Picton–Jones launched a foundation to improve mental health awareness among farmers in Wales.

RAGT is introducing the first European winter wheat variety with a high level of resistance to barley yellow dwarf virus.

There can be few practices on the farm which can be changed with so little investment, and to such great effect, than age at first calving. Still, the UK’s age at first calving remains stubbornly fixed at an average 28 months, despite the well-promoted benefits of calving at two years.

Llyr Gruffydd, North Wales MS and Plaid Cymru’s Shadow Rural Affairs Minister, explains why the party is launching a new campaign to promote Welsh food.

The Agriculture Bill returning to Parliament this week is an important step in the UK’s departure from the EU, setting out the route to a new, more tailored system of agricultural support, as well as providing the basis for UK farmers to embrace the latest technology.

Firstly, I would like to start by acknowledging the fantastic job Christine Ryder has done writing this column for the past five years. She is truly a hard act to follow.

Isla Soutter, 19, from Leicestershire, is a National Hereford and English Winter Fair young handlers champion and recently competed in the World Hereford Conference in New Zealand.