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Backing British farming is a verb – not a day for passive praise or casual thanks. MPs must prove they back British farmers all year round, says Labour’s Shadow Defra Secretary Luke Pollard.

NFU PRESIDENT Minette Batters refused to take a seat on the Trade and Agriculture Commission because she did not want to be bound by the confidentiality agreement all members had to sign, Farmers Guardian has learned.

Ease and accessibility of online timed sheepdog sales have seen dog prices soar in recent weeks, as auction marts embrace digital technology in response to Covid-19 restrictions.

Arguably the value of trade in farmed products has never been so important for Britain’s farmers.

Barn eggs still have a valid role to play in the UK market for Tesco despite other supermarkets’ pledges to move to only free-range.

You always know that autumn is drawing near as the movement of livestock in and out of our West Wales valley increases.

National campaigns to cut food waste in China have raised fears of an impending food shortage in the near future.

Summer is over and the kids are back to school. All the rain has made it another fairly growy month, which has this corner of the countryside looking nice and green with plenty of grass in front of both fattening lambs and Mule gimmers.

Global trends are likely to influence UK wheat prices this season as the UK looks to imports after a small harvest.

Lots of things have gone wrong in the Brexit talks with the EU, but the nation needs farmers to pull through, no matter what comes next, says Oliver Dowding, apple juice producer and agricultural spokesman for the Green Party in the south west.