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Trade Ministers are trying to build bridges with farmers, but without legal guarantees to protect our standards, their efforts will not be enough, says Mark Bridgeman, president of the CLA.

Many fear nature restoration represents a threat to farming communities in the uplands, but nothing could be further from the truth. ‘Wilder farming’ is a better way to describe the changes needed than ‘rewilding’, says Defra non-executive director Ben Goldsmith.

In February, a key Government adviser was telling Ministers UK food production is not critically important. Let’s hope the pandemic has shown our trade negotiators the opposite is true, says Neil Farmer, an arable and sheep farmer from the Herefordshire-Worcestershire border.

The British farm livestock of the future may have six legs rather than four.

With research showing shoppers want to buy British more than before the pandemic, Morrisons has been selling thousands of food boxes stocked with home-produced food.

Having been aÌýFarmers Guardian diary writer for a good few years, I am not sure if writing on the back page is a promotion or a relegation.

Agricultural disputes are common. Chris Adams, partner and expert dispute resolution solicitor at Nelsons, discusses the consequences of such disagreements and how farms can best prepare to reduce the effects they can have on the business.Ìý

One of the biggest challenges in farming is uncertainty over the weather and this year is turning out to be another one to remember.

Father and son Allan and Johnny McCamley prefer a traditional approach to cattle breeding by selecting proven sires for their 120-cow pedigree Downview Holstein herd at Ochiltree, East Ayrshire. Bruce Jobson reports.

They say every day is a school day and inviting the general public into your farmyard on a daily basis is certainly an education.