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Live rings have continued to deliver in Scotland as the total value of livestock throughput rose to more than £556m in 2020, a 17.5 per cent increase.

Dairy farmers cannot expect any Government help to address the industry’s chronic labour shortages if they remain silent, Royal Association of British Dairy ²ÝÁñÉçÇø (RABDF) managing director Matt Knight has warned. 

Farm fires have left the industry with a bill of more than £69 million in 2020, a rise of 40 per cent, sparking calls for farmers to put new fire prevention and control plans in place.

The suspension of the Government’s proposed changes to trailer tests for car drivers (B+E) is the ’worst of both worlds’ for farmers, leaving some unable to tow or obtain a licence. 

An online petition urging supermarkets to ’crack down’ on using importing eggs in British products has reached more than 35,000 signatures and celebrity backing.

With the COP26 summit underway in Glasgow, First Milk bosses set out how the co-operative was looking to be part of the solution. Hannah Binns reports. 

²ÝÁñÉçÇø have been encouraged to lace up their trainers and get involved with mental health fundraiser, Run1000.

The Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution (RABI) has reassured farmers that support in the Lancashire area will not be affected following the resignation of its fundraising committee in the county.

Virgin Money has launched a new £9 million partnership with Plumpton College, East Sussex to develop the future of agricultural and horticultural education across south-east England.

A farmer from Somerset has been fined £11,000 for polluting a watercourse with slurry in three separate incidents for the second time in five years.