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NFU president Tom Bradshaw warned the Farming Minister that in light of the £358 million pound underspend of the farming budget, Defra was a department ‘very close to failure' if it was not careful

The Orkney & Shetland MP says he will be 'first in the queue' to let Government know if it is not doing what it should

The Farming Minister Daniel Zeichner attended the Farm Tenancy Forum for the first time since being elected into Government

Charlotte Harris, 21, is a shepherdess from Strathaven in South Lanarkshire. She now runs her own equine and shepherdess business in Scotland

James farms Dairy Shorthorns east of Kendal, Cumbria, with his parents Kathleen and Henry, wife Michelle and sons Robert and Chris. The fifth generation to farm at Strickley, he is also vice-chair of the Nature Friendly Farming Network

"We have lost experienced farming MPs but this is now an opportunity to build back again"

Should more educational settings offer agricultural courses?

First winter wheat to be given a Group 1 rating since KWS Zyatt in 2017

Graham Redman, partner at agribusiness consultants The Andersons Centre said the business aspect of farming was pressing on the farming community ‘even more so than ever before', and he urged farmers to look beyond the headline figures on Government environmental schemes, which he said could look appealing but came with ‘obligations' and ‘costs'

Following last autumn's troublesome drilling, farmers should think carefully before embarking on planting