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A new highly sensitive and specific blood test for bovine TB, Actiphage, has been granted permission for trial on a dairy farm on the west coast of Wales.

A focus on efficiency and acquisitions helped dairy ingredient processor Meadow Foods increase profits by 16 per cent in the year to March 31, 2019.

Genome editing is seen by many as a way of speeding up genetic progress, but what could the future hold for the technology.

Number 10 has already removed environmental commitments from the EU Withdrawal Agreement, which does not bode well for the protection of food standards over the coming years, says Kerry McCarthy, Labour MP for Bristol East.

BIDDING peaked at 2,500 in Gisburn’s last dairy sale of 2019 which attracted a record number of pedigree entries.

The Tenant Farmers’ Association (TFA) has accused ex-Defra adviser Professor Sir Ian Boyd of lying, after he claimed livestock farmers were being paid by the Government to damage the environment.

Wilfred Emmanuel – Jones, also known as ‘The Black Farmer’, was among those in food and farming to be recognised in the Queen’s New Years 2020 Honours list.

Britain’s farming industry enters the 2020s on a firm footing.

Despite the increasing number of GPS-equipped and auto-steer ready tractors, one Gloucestershire dairy farmer is capitalising on a simple low-cost light bar guidance system.