With sustainable food production in focus across the world, FG's chief reporter Rachael Brown heard from agri-tech leaders on the future of farming at the World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit

Agricultural sustainability director at Lloyds Banking Group Ben Makowiecki said: "There are a lot of people trying to get to the same place in a similar way. Let us not compete against each other to get there"

UK traders will now be able to export poultry to South Africa for the first time in eight years

NFU president Tom Bradshaw said while the NFU response to the UK farm assurance review covers ‘some of the benefits' that assurance schemes offer, it also explains the ‘inescapable issues' that must be addressed

The Defra Secretary Steve Reed and the Farming Minister Daniel Zeichner have also been invited to attend the political session

The session starts at 7pm on October 4

Met Office says 10 English counties experienced wettest September on record

Tenant Farmers Association said it had been given reassurances from a senior Defra official last week that a decision was imminent

On average, profits are predicted to rise to £590/cow. That is according to the annual Milk Cost of Production report by Old Mill and the Farm Consultancy Group

FSA charges are currently discounted according to the number of hours involved so that smaller abattoir businesses, which require fewer hours regulation, receive a greater discount