Ease and accessibility of online timed sheepdog sales have seen dog prices soar in recent weeks, as auction marts embrace digital technology in response to Covid-19 restrictions.
Arguably the value of trade in farmed products has never been so important for Britain’s farmers.
You always know that autumn is drawing near as the movement of livestock in and out of our West Wales valley increases.
Barn eggs still have a valid role to play in the UK market for Tesco despite other supermarkets’ pledges to move to only free-range.
Summer is over and the kids are back to school. All the rain has made it another fairly growy month, which has this corner of the countryside looking nice and green with plenty of grass in front of both fattening lambs and Mule gimmers.
National campaigns to cut food waste in China have raised fears of an impending food shortage in the near future.
Global trends are likely to influence UK wheat prices this season as the UK looks to imports after a small harvest.
In the final part of a four-part series examining the US beef industry and markets, Farmers Guardian’s sister company Urner Barry looks at the impact of Covid-19 in the US and the UK.
In the tough times ahead, I hope farmers will see there is more to gain from working together than from being king of your own sandcastle, says arable farmer and NFU Sugar Board member Tom Clarke.
Lots of things have gone wrong in the Brexit talks with the EU, but the nation needs farmers to pull through, no matter what comes next, says Oliver Dowding, apple juice producer and agricultural spokesman for the Green Party in the south west.