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When your summer feeding regime is restricted to grazing alone, winter takes on an added importance. Beef producer Paul Thomas tells Farmers Guardian how he improves cow condition and speeds up youngstock performance from November to May.

Businesses taking on casual or temporary labour need to be clear on employment status writes Lodders agricultural employment law specialist Faye Reynolds

The third year of ADAS’s grass YEN competition highlighted the challenges a year of unpredictable weather has had on grass growth with quality down as well as yields across the UK. Hannah Noble reports.

The UK dairy market has largely weathered Covid-19 so far, but could be seriously impacted by Britain’s future trading relationship with the EU.

Thieves wielding crowbars broke into a farm and smashed their way into two milk vending machines, stealing cash from the farm’s honesty box.

The chairman of the Trade and Agriculture Commission (TAC), Tim Smith, has said he expects around 80 per cent of the body’s recommendations to Government to be backed by all of its members.

A family-run dairy business has overtaken the likes of Irn Bru and Cadbury’s to become the number one Scottish food brand in Scotland.

A plan to protect and improve the health of honey bees in England and Wales has been published by Defra and the Welsh Government.

Red Tractor was created 20 years ago but has come under mounting scrutiny in recent months, with an increasing number of industry voices asking if the scheme is still relevant for farmers and consumers. Abi Kay reports.

A lack of technical and financial clarity about agri-environment schemes has proved a ‘roadblock’ for farmer and landowner up-take, a new report has highlighted.