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Farmers capture carbon for a living. We must be part of the solution to climate change. What’s more, as well as saving the planet, we might be able to earn a few quid in the process. But a frenzy of opportunistic corporate ’greenwashing’ is putting all that at risk.

By way of an update from last month, calf jackets are now off but almost went back on again when May seemed to get mixed up with March. The main herd is also out, but only just.

Complaining about the weather is standard practice for most of us and although I’ve tried to avoid the subject when writing these articles, the recent cold conditions are making it difficult to look past.

The latest developments in in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) are providing farmers with the ability to improve their herds more quickly than ever before. Farmers Guardian reports.

Ailish Ross, 26, North Warwickshire, is an event and sales cataloguing manager for the Texel Sheep Society.

Changes to Johnes disease testing protocols which may affect subsequent herd risk levels have also been announced by CHeCS.

Wales’ Rural Affairs Minister Lesley Griffiths has kept her job in First Minister Mark Drakeford’s reshuffle of the Welsh Government.

In line with the Boris road map, Cornwall was due to reopen on April 12 and promptly did so.

A new seed drill conversion kit which can convert a standard land metered drill into a variable rate drill has been launched by Hutchinsons.