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With a passion for ensuring the family business survives, Andrew and Cath Ladds have expanded the farm so the next generation can continue its legacy

William Murray, known as @williammurray93 on TikTok, has taken the agricultural social media world by storm, amassing an impressive 194,500 followers across all his platforms

Cattle instincts and health and safety should be considered when purchasing or designing cattle handling systems

The Government has imposed livestock bans on Germany, Hungary, Slovakia and now Austria

On today's Farming in Five, chief reporter Rachael Brown gives the latest on the first case of avian flu found in a single sheep in Yorkshire, the foot-and-mouth outbreak in Slovakia – where the disease has been found on three separate farms, and the Tenant Farmers Association's call on Defra to allow 'in-flight' SFI applications to be processed

Dr Meera Chand, emerging infection lead at the UK Health Security Agency, said: "Globally, we continue to see that mammals can be infected with avian influenza A (H5N1)"

NI National Sheep Association said with the new SAP, sheep-only farmers are projected to ‘lose a substantial 17% of their Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) support’

The British Farming Awards are back for 2025 and after a record year of entries last year, the 19 categories aim to continue shining a light on the phenomenal work taking place across the industry and the driving forces behind it

The programme, which opens for applications this spring, enables farmers to run trials of new technologies which may not otherwise be viable

The Tenant Farmers Association said the Government's decision to make area-based payments without considering evidenced claims has resulted in more severely affected farmers losing out on compensation 'with no means of recourse'