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TV chef Jamie Oliver has issued an impassioned plea to the Prime Minister not to undermine the UK’s high food production standards with cheap imports from the USA.

Meadow Foods has announced it will increase the milk price by 1ppl and 2ppl in June and July respectively.

In a bid to meet growing consumer demand for alternatives to dairy, Meadow Foods is set to open a new £4m plant-based manufacturing facility. Mollie Leach and Cedric Porter report.

Concerns about the continuing spell of dry weather are circulating the industry, with arable farmers reporting cases of patchy crop emergence and compromised yields across swathes of the UK.

CALVES are constantly faced with a barrage of attacks by pathogens but research shows supplementation with immune-boosting probiotics could help to tip the balance in their favour.

Around half of Welsh farmers who applied for Glastir payments for 2019 commitments were still waiting for their money at the start of May, prompting concern about how the planned post-Brexit scheme will function.

First Milk has announced today (May 28) Mr Smith will succeed Jim Baird as a new farmer director.

A farmer and his son have been killed following a water buffalo attack in Wales, with his daughter sustaining a serious leg injury.

The NFU has urged farmers to submit their 2020 Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) applications ahead of the June 15 deadline to ease pressure on the Rural Payments Agency.

With the industry still geared towards a net zero emissions target, carbon accounting could be increasingly demanded to explain and improve farm business carbon output. Hannah Park reports.