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It must seem like In Your Field writers are obsessed by the weather as we always start off with a remark about it. Well, I’m afraid this month I’m following the same pattern.

As Dorothy Fairburn retires from her role as CLA’s director north this spring, she spoke to Clemmie Gleeson about her life and career in the countryside, her Nuffield scholarship on suicide in the farming community and her pl

Matthew Rollason, 24, is from Great Harwood, Lancashire. He works in the agri-food research and development team for Dunbia. He has also established New Dawn Herefords and is an NFU Student and Young Farmer Ambassador.

Emma Harper, SNP MSP, is a dairy farmer’s daughter from Dumfries and Galloway and has been instrumental in toughening up Scottish laws around livestock worrying.

As I sit and write this, the children have returned to school.

As the world battled Covid-19, Chhattisgarh, an Indian state, took on a new initiative to promote rural livelihoods along with organic farming.

You could be forgiven for thinking it was March. Cooler temperatures have somewhat hampered grass growth of late.

The promotion and marketing of agriculture has been a long-standing bugbear for many farmers. But just how does British farming build a brand that conveys trust and excellence to the public? Here, Richard Huntington, chairman and chief strategy officer at advertising giant Saatchi and Saatchi, explores the challenges and opportunities facing the British farming brand.