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Agricultural and countryside groups are lobbying Government to make it easier for farmers to temporarily divert footpaths.

Only 19 per cent of farmers plan to fully retire, a new study from the University of Exeter in collaboration with NFU Mutual has found.

Having a ‘how to’ guide written down which details how a farm business operates is a vital piece of the succession jigsaw, a business adviser has claimed.

Children are ‘more disconnected than ever’ from food and farming with one in 10 children believing carrots originate in a supermarket, a new survey by Jordans Cereals has revealed.

Wageningen University, at Leeuwarden, in the Netherlands, has installed a cow toilet on its dairy campus.

A farmer and walker have died, with a further person injured, in two separate incidents involving cows and calves.

Covid-19 has brought mixed fortunes for diversified farm businesses. Ewan Pate and Hannah Binns report.

Now is the ideal time to safeguard cattle productivity over winter by reviewing parasite control given at grass and treating any parasite burdens at housing.

Farmers can apply for a share of £25 million as part of round three of the Countryside Productivity Small Grants scheme.

An independent report commissioned by the Centre for Innovation and Excellence in Livestock has concluded new methods of mitigating carbon emissions from livestock production must be found to reach net zero targets by 2050.