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The four leading UK farming unions have issued a joint statement demanding the Government address their concerns over food security and the end of the Energy and Trade Intensive Industry scheme (ETII).

After buying his own farm in 2018, young farmer Jesper Toft Bitsch has invested in a new cow accommodation and automation. Chris McCullough reports.

Sophie Ascroft is currently on the McDonald’s Progressive Young Farmer scheme, but her journey took an unexpected turn before finding her place back in the industry. Here, she shares her personal experience with Farmers Guardian.

Farmers in England are one step closer to tapping into gene editing technology, with the Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Act to remove precision bred, or ‘gene edited’, products from the scope of GMO legislation, bringing rules in line with other countries around the world, including Australia, Canada, Japan, Brazil and Argentina.

Access to financing plus greater guidance and support will be key if UK farmers are to achieve the goal of carbon net zero by 2050, a new cross-industry report explains.

Annabel Makin-Jones is a fifth generation Yorkshire farmer and founder of Annabel’s Deliciously British and Tame & Wild.

Producing consistently for the commercial market has long been central to the Andrew family’s mixed farming business and looks set to continue, with the next generation having recently joined the partnership.

After taking over Hope 51AVÊÓƵin 2000, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) is using the land as a testbed to demonstrate how farmers can transition to more nature-friendly practices while remaining commercially profitable.

Irregular and long working hours, fluctuations in prices and having to put down pigs on farm for animal welfare reasons are affecting farmers’ and workers’ mental health on pig and sheep farms.

Britain must dramatically increase the amount of controlled environment horticulture it has in order to offset imports and meet health eating targets.