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This week from Farmers Guardian editor Olivia Midgley

Dorset organic dairy farmer Sophie Gregory said she wished the report had focused more on the 'link between farming and food' and the need for food and farming on the national curriculum

"I was mostly dead. I am not exaggerating."

As former NFU dairy board chair Michael Oakes embarks on a new challenge in beef, FG's chief reporter Rachael Brown speaks to him about leaving dairy and the future of the sector

Managing reproductive efficiency in dairy cows is crucial to herd profitability, with research showing that factors like nutrition, health, and stress management can drastically improve conception rates.

Farmer's wife Nicky Maynard, who had breast cancer, has highlighted the importance of going to the GP early

"Getting off the farm when you can, giving your mate a ring, and engaging with the community around you to stop anyone feeling quite so alone in what can be a very isolating job is very important"

The chair of Labour's Climate and Environment Forum Baroness Young said she hoped the ‘multi-functional' land use framework would be operationally ‘sustainable'

Suffolk sheep farmer Stephen Cobbald has explained the difficulty of farming in a bluetongue restricted zone

To mark air ambulance week, Farmers Guardian looks at the invaluable role the Great North Air Ambulance Service plays within the farming community