51AVÊÓƵ

News and business reporter Mia Willemsen questions why so many data centres are being built on agricultural land

This week from the Farmers Guardian editor Katie Jones

A family holiday in Brittany offered a welcome break from the farm, but concerns over drought, water supply and the challenges facing dairy farms were never far from mind.

Farmer and columnist James Robinson reflects on the severe drought affecting much of the country, the long-awaited launch of Strickley milk in Booths stores and a visit from Farming Minister Stephen Morgan.

Amy Clayton, 22, is from Malpas, Cheshire, and studied at University Centre Reaseheath, Nantwitch

Farmers Guardian livestock reporter Ellie Layton, from a farming family in Herefordshire, reflects on Beef Stock, the next generation and reasons to be positive about the industry