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NFU president Minette Batters will today open the union’s annual conference with a call for Government to ‘show global leadership’ on international trade and protect domestic production standards.

Arla has announced that its UK March manufacturing milk price is to increase by 0.90ppl to 30.9ppl, in line with increases for its European farmer suppliers.

A new bank specifically designed for farmers by farmers is hoping to give the industry confidence to invest and grow as direct support from the Government falls away.

Good ventilation is vital for the health and well-being of housed livestock and one inexpensive way of measuring air quality and movement in buildings is by using smoke. Hannah Noble reports.

Chinese dairy imports could be down a quarter or more as a result of the Covid-19 coronavirus as diners in the country are forced to stay at home, analysis by Rabobank has revealed.

Within two days of the UK Government announcing its plans to control migration it has had to quickly row back on its proposals by allowing a new range of jobs to be classified as skilled.

Arla Foods Group has announced strong global growth in 2019 driven by branded products, but a weakened exchange rate saw UK revenue dip.Ìý

Farmers are set to be hit with a double whammy of lower farmgate prices and higher costs of production as a result of the Government’s proposed immigration rules.

Grazing autumn-calved cows comes with a host of different challenges to those associated with spring-calving herds and demands a different approach. Hannah Noble reports.

Irthingelt Dairy Shorthorns added the breed championship at last year’s Dairy Expo to a respectable line-up of showring titles to date, but they make up only one arm of the farming business.