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In the pages of last week’s Farmers GuardianÌýBuy and Sell section there was an abundance of dairy herd dispersals advertised. It was indicative of the current state of that sector, with people looking to cash in while prices for stock are high and larger herds continue to add head count.

Rachel Cooper, 27, is Shropshire’s YFC county chair. She hails from Whitchurch, North Shropshire but now lives in Bridgnorth on her partner’s sheep and arable farm.

With fly season upon us, farmers are being reminded to tackle strike head-on and apply an early preventive treatment to protect sheep from blowfly strike and to stop the first wave of blowflies from breeding.

Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health technical services manager Sioned Timothy says wormer resistance is a real and growing threat to cattle producers.

Stephen Dennis on supply and demand.

Growers and agronomists across the country are reporting yellow rust infection in varieties not normally infected with the disease, as the warm, dry weather has seen yellow rust cycling aggressively.

The final week of lambing has arrived. We are past the cold winds and heavy rains and the first born lambs are three weeks old and skipping in the evening sun. When it is like this it is my favourite job in the world.

The charity have confirmed the sale of two of their residential homes.

Experts are suggesting the animal feed industry is the most importance element of the growing movement to develop the UK market for edible insects. Wendy Short reports.

In this week’s Farming Matters, Aled Jones, president of NFU Cymru talks to Farmers Guardian about the impact of NVZ rules on Welsh farming.