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Farmers in England could receive funding by helping Defra test its Annual Health and Welfare Review.

The cooperative said it was vital they continued to support their farmers as cost pressures continue to squeeze margins

The rollout of a usable cattle vaccine for bovine TB (bTB) will not eliminate the need for badger culls, veterinary experts have warned.

Food security must become a key focus of future agricultural policy as new statistics revealed the huge uncertainty farmers were feeling due to rocketing input prices.

Advance Basic Payment Scheme payments are being issued to farmers, with the large majority expected to receive them by the end of July, the Rural Payments Agency has announced.

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

As cooler temperatures arrived at the showground in Llanelwedd on day three, judge Andrew Cope, of the Huddlesford herd, Staffordshire, tapped out the Holstein champion, Erie W Brook Lustre, in the supreme dairy cow champions

With rising input prices set to stay, conventional farmers may be looking with interest at how their organic counterparts are faring.

DAIRY cooperative First Milk has seen turnover growth in an uncertain year alongside its largest-ever capital investment programme, with new long-term contracts secured with its largest customers, Ornua and Nestle.

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.