Author Posts: Aleksandra Cupriak

The latest reports released by AHDB have compared English beef and lamb farmgate production standards with key competitors from around the world. 

Sugar beet breeder SESVanderHave has spoken about the importance of storability, as it is vital that the quality of the beets is maintained as they wait to be taken to the sugar plant. 

“We can’t simply turn up in numbers in Westminster on the streets. If you’re not registered on the event, please don’t travel to London,” said NFU in the letter to its members explaining that only 1,800 farmers should take part in the mass lobby. 

A Christmas tractor run will go ahead despite “considerable number” of farmers deciding not to take part following changes to inheritance tax that were announced at the Autumn Budget.

Bird keepers have been urged to follow scrupulous biosecurity measures following the confirmation of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) H5N5 in poultry in East Riding, Yorkshire. This is the first case confirmed since the declaration of zonal freedom in February. 

North Yorkshire Police have asked people to help identify two men following a farm shop theft in Richmondshire. 

Jeremy Clarkson has just confirmed that season five of Clarkson’s Farm is officially in production, while fans of the farming show are waiting for season four to come out. 

A Cocker Spaniel called Daisy has been reunited with her owners eight years after she was stolen from home in Mole Valley, Surrey. 

Farmers have been advised to be flexible in their approach to managing later-drilled winter wheat crops after the planting delays caused by the wet start to autumn. 

The farming community has paid tribute to Staffordshire farmer and NFU dairy board member David Brookes, who died aged 65. 

The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has revealed that Northern Ireland’s total income from farming has fallen by 44% in 2023. 

Farmers have been reminded to be vigilant of gundog theft as we entered the Gundog Theft Awareness Week.