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By Hannah Binns and Alex Black In a year like no other, the farming community demonstrated unwavering strength and resilience in its response to the Covid-19 pandemic, powering on despite lockdown to keep the country fed.

The former Groceries Code Adjudicator Christine Tacon has been appointed chairwoman of Assured Food Standards, the operator of Red Tractor, from January 1.

Reductions have been seen for UK wheat, barley and oilseed rape production in Defra’s final estimates for the 2020 crop, updating the provisional figures published in October.

Weather was a much bigger factor than cabbage stem flea beetle in the poor performance of last season’s winter OSR, according to the latest ADAS Oilseed YEN analyses.

There may be hiccups in supplies of imported fresh produce from border closures and Brexit but British producers will keep the shelves full

Four years on from the EU referendum, Abi Kay takes a look at the Brexit promises made to farmers, and whether they are being realised.

A Government decision to allow the UK to import 260,000 tonnes of raw cane sugar from January 1, 2021 will undermine thousands of UK sugar beet growers and jeopardise the viability of the home-grown crop, industry has warned.

Walkers crisps, one of the largest buyers of British potatoes, is turning its potato waste into fertiliser to reduce its carbon footprint.

The Scottish and Welsh Governments are giving their farmers more time to prepare for big policy changes than Defra in England. It is small, family farmers who will pay the price for this rush to abolish direct support, says Labour Shadow Defra Secretary Luke Pollard.

As AHDB outlined its strategy for the next five years, Hannah Binns gauged the reaction from levy payers across England.