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James and Isobel, with their two young children, recently bought their first farm, and plan to run beef and sheep over 13.8 hectares (34 acres), renting a further 44.5ha (110 acres). James works for tech firm Breedr as a product manager. You can follow them on Twitter @jpbwfarm

The Government confirmed 43,000 temporary seasonal worker visas would be available for horticulture in 2025 – which is 2,000 fewer than was available in 2024

It is part of a package of measures announced by the Government, which Defra said would provide ‘certainty' for the horticulture and poultry sector

Availability of human resources might be the biggest factor in holding back the uptake of technology

"Once a farm is gone, it is gone."

From a new white paper from Farmers Guardian which highlights key factors the Government must prioritise for the sector to the latest bluetongue updates as nearly 20 counties face restriction zones - these are five farming stories not to miss this week on FG

Safety certificates latest to be pushed back as physical checks on fruit and veg postponed until July 2025

From the outset, the Labour party has been clear the new Employment Rights Bill will be the biggest upgrade to workers' rights in a generation

Shadow Defra Secretary Steve Barclay claimed to have backed food production, while Labour and the Lib Dems criticised the Conservative record