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The Government’s decision to set up a Trade Commission should have cooled down the debate on food standards, but instead it has heated it up, says Tim Lang, professor of food policy at City, University of London and author of Feeding Britain.

Farmers should not worry about Brexit, but the coronavirus, which could kill off many small agricultural shows and sever the rural community’s links with wider society, says Dave Herbert, a South Welsh smallholder producing eggs and poultry.

Organisers of the Dairy Show, held at the Bath and West showground, Somerset, have said the event will go ahead on October 7 but there will be no livestock classes held this year.

Health and welfare in a post-Brexit world will be largely defined by Defra’s Animal Health and Welfare Pathway, but what will this mean for farmers?Ìý

Publication of First Milk’s annual report and accounts for the year ending March 31 has revealed a year of strong performance for the processor.

The independence of the new Trade and Agriculture Commission has been questioned as Farmers Guardian revealed its press operation will be carried out by officials at the Department for International Trade (DIT).

With the long-awaited launch of Government’s dairy contracts consultation, Hannah Binns explores industry’s aspirations for reforms and measures dairy processors would like to see to achieve a level playing field.

Only 3 per cent of farmers trust the Government to invest enough money in nature-friendly farming after the coronavirus pandemic, new research has shown.

Weather extremes hitting both sides of the spectrum so far this year has made for a challenging grass growing season to date. Hannah Park finds out more.

Nathan Rogers, 26, from Hayscastle, Pembrokeshire, is club chairman of Fishguard YFC and manages a herd of 140 British Friesian and Shorthorn cross cows.