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Lely has introduced a sand flushing system to its robotic manure collectors to make it easier for dairy farmers who bed on sand

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

"Islwyn was a caring farmer who was proud of his stock"

The Tenant Farmers Association has put forward a number of complaints to the council's senior management team

Work still to be done to place blackberries ‘on par’ with strawberries, raspberries and blueberries for consumers

Growers across the country asked to share experience of 'challenging' year

The banking organisation has launched its 'Sustainable Farming Pathway' with the farming charity, Linking Environment and Farming (LEAF)

With cases of bluetongue now reported as far north as Yorkshire, FG chief reporter Rachael Brown spoke to the UK, Welsh and Scottish Chief Veterinary Officers on the current situation

"It is absolutely vital that the Government think again over this policy which will push so many pensioners into desperate hardship"

Kate is a fifth-generation farmer running the 750-hectare (1,853-acre) Hundleshope Farm on the Haystoun Estate, Peebles, where the family have been tenants for 150 years. She runs the hill unit with her husband Ed and their four children. She is also a vet and chair of Quality Meat Scotland