NSA said while the bluetongue vaccine offered another tool for farmers, it would not protect livestock totally
Arla holds May price whilst First Milk announces a June price drop
It is estimated the dairy industry will need to spend £3.9 billion over the next 10 years to improve its climate resilience, which he said worked out at around £500,000 for each farm – or an additional 2.4 pence per litre
24-year-old Exeter young farmer Elle Slade said it made sense to go into calf rearing due to the low acreage requirement. She said her new venture was her way of bringing something back to the family farm
Elle Slade has been encouraged to follow her own path on the family farm and has set up her own successful calf rearing business, while working part time at a nearby fattening unit
In today's Farming in Five, chief reporter Rachael Brown reports on the top stories from this week, including the Chancellor being accused of using Ministers as 'human shields' over Inheritance Tax changes, farmers take fate into their own hands by abandoning their SFI applications early despite waiting for offers to be made by the Government, APHA appoints former police chief as new chief executive, and Baroness Minette Batters asked to lead a review into farm profitability. Next week the latest on Donald Trump's trade tariffs and the impact on agriculture, new details revealed for the next stage of Johne's disease plan, and a petition to get farming on the curriculum aims to get 100k signatures
Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) chair Kate Rowell said concerns arising from the Autumn Budget had highlighted the need for 'continued engagement' with both UK and Scottish Government
An independent review into Wales' Control of Agricultural Pollution (CAP) regulations has published recommendations in five key areas. It found that an 'all-Wales' approach to the regulations was the right one
Paul Savage and Dewi Hughes have been appointed by Welsh Government as two new non-executive directors to the board of Hybu Cig Cymru
On today's Farming in Five, chief reporter Rachael Brown gives the latest on the first case of avian flu found in a single sheep in Yorkshire, the foot-and-mouth outbreak in Slovakia – where the disease has been found on three separate farms, and the Tenant Farmers Association's call on Defra to allow 'in-flight' SFI applications to be processed