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'Rusty', a steel bull created by a farmer after a heart condition forced him to step back from day-to-day farming has sold for an impressive 27,000gns at Stirling

On this week's Farmers Guardian podcast, Alex Black meets the winners and guests who attended farming's biggest night

Blacker Hall Farm started supporting Yorkshire Air Ambulance after a neighbouring farmer was seriously injured

Organic dairy farmer and FUW deputy president Dai Miles said: "We need a supply chain that recognises the investment, skill and risk involved in producing milk."

Agriculture Minister Jim Fairlie says a £14.25m budget has been set aside to provide grants of up to £20,000 per farm or croft business

Ministers met in Paris to outline short, medium and long term solutions to help farmers cope with growing geopolitical and economic pressures

UFU said it was 'not opposed' to carbon foot printing, but that it should be a voluntary tool that could assist farmers in identifying opportunities for improvement, not another mandatory requirement tied to vital farm support

The Rare Breeds Survival Trust (RBST) has now written to Defra calling for action to improve access to vaccination for rare breed livestock

National Sheep Association have raised concerns around the 'practicality' of EU animal welfare transportation rules including journey times and whether time spent at markets counted towards permitted journey times.