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According to a survey by Kirin City, a Tokyo based Beer Restaurant chain, consumers have given top marks on taste and said they would certainly choose to eat it again

With peak milk for the UK now less than two months away the awareness of the spring flush is dominating European trading sentiment

The US is still an agricultural superpower, but over the past few years it has become a net importer of food

Meg Elliott on the rise in prices for stock

Accolade follows weeks of investigation into governance at the assurance body which found it to be facing an 'existential crisis'

Stephen Dodsworth on worries ahead

The Simmental breed achieved a record average for a February Stirling bull sale with 95 bulls sold to an average of £7,498, up £238 on the year

With 16 bulls forward the Salers averaged £5,178, up £943 on the year, and sold to a high of 7,500gns

This February saw the first Luing Cattle Society sale take place at the Stirling bull sales event, with five Luing bulls selling to an average of £10,458

A bid of 22,000gns topped the Charolais trade with 107 bulls sold to an average of £8,470, up £436 on the year, with a clearance rate of 80 per cent.