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Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer today set out his stall to win the rural vote, declaring that ‘food security is national security’.

NFU president Minette Batters issued a strongly worded message to policymakers warning them that the ‘clock is ticking’ for Government to get behind British farmers and growers.

A funding package of more than £168m to boost farming productivity has been unveiled by the Government.

It was a bid of 28,000gns which topped the Simmental trade at the second round of Stirling bull sales, with the 97 bulls sold averaging 7,260, a record breed average for a February sale, up 425 on 2022 with a clearance rate of 88 per cent.

Farmers’ confidence in general economic conditions has hit a record low in New Zealand, with Federated Farmers stating that tough economic conditions were not the right time for the Government to introduce more red tape.

Farm households in Northern Ireland are now eligible for a £600 support payment to help counter rising energy costs.

Lowlands farm, in southwest Birmingham, is home to Beth Withers and her husband, Tom. Here, she talks about bringing up her growing family at Lowlands, a beef and sheep farm, and the balance between motherhood and farming.

A tight calving block can lead to benefits in terms of management and also increases in production. Ellie Layton looks at what farmers should consider before moving to block calving and how to ensure the block is then kept tight.

With increasing requirements of the need to use water more efficiency, the Environmental Agency and Defra are enforcing important changes to ensure that abstraction is sustainable.

More than 15,000 has so far been raised by a concerned Clarkson’s Farm viewer in support of a dairy farmer whose herd has been hit by bovine TB.