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With the 2020 show season cancelled as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, we have launched a competition which will give you the chance to showcase your stock this year.

Laura Wilson, 23, from Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire, is the daughter of a beef farmer and recently joined KW Feeds as assistant blends manager.

A petition calling on Government to put laws in place to prevent UK food standards being undermined by future imports has received more than one million signatures.

English and Welsh dairy farmers affected by the severe milk market disruption can submit their applications for Government financial support from today (June 18).

The ‘vast majority’ of farms in England will survive the withdrawal of direct payments, Defra’s director general for food and farming, David Kennedy, has said.

‘Spot’, a four-legged robot which can herd sheep and carry out other agricultural tasks, has gone on sale for commercial and industrial use costing £59,439.

Industry has called for transformative, long-lasting change in food systems across the sector in the recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic.Ìý

This month, Roger Evans tells us about how lockdown has curtailed his over-the-hedge inspections of his neighbour’s activities, and how at home he is waging war on the profusion of docks and nettles.

More than 100 farmers attended a vehicle protest at Builth Wells auction mart, Powys, Wales, on Sunday, June 14, fearing the site will remain closed once Covid-19 restrictions are lifted.Ìý

The food security reviews Government is legally obliged to carry out by the Agriculture Bill will inform future farming policy, Defra Minister Victoria Prentis has confirmed.