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Tenants cite landlords entering ag schemes for loss of land

Landlords entering government agri-environment schemes was named as the main reason for tenant farmers having to surrender land within the next two years. A survey of 3,900 farm businesses as…

DAIRY MARKETS AND PRICES

Farmgate milk prices and processor profits both on the up

Dairy farmers supplying Meadow and Freshways will receive a higher milk price this autumn, following the wider industry trend. Commodity markets continue to look strong with price gains for cream,…

MEAT MARKETS AND PRICES

Beef exports under threat from EU deforestation rules

Meat processors are warning of a total loss of access to the all-important EU market for beef from next year, blaming Defra for failing to comply with the EU’s new…

MEAT MARKETS AND PRICES

September ram sales under way with trade up on the year

A top price of £2,000 was paid for a Texel shearling tup at North West Auctions on 5 September at its annual “lads' night out” event. Texels led the trade…

TENANCIES AND RENTS

Baroness Rock dropped from Defra's board of directors

Baroness Kate Rock – author of the Rock Review and a strong voice for tenant farmers in Westminster – has been dropped as a non-executive director within Defra by the…

MACHINERY

New Holland sells Kongskilde – 7 years after buying it

CNH’s New Holland is continuing to offload some of its farm machinery manufacturing interests by selling selected assets of the Kongskilde Agriculture business unit. See also: CNH sells off Overum…

ENVIRONMENT

Climate-induced food shortages could cause civil unrest

Farmers have warned that more extreme weather in the UK is likely to be the main cause of food shortages in the next decade, which could in turn lead to…

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OPINION

Editor's View: It's not beyond us to keep kids safer on ATVs

The essence of farming culture is the broad streak of independence that runs through most farmers, as bold and wide as the bull bars on proper Defenders. It’s surely not…

WILL'S WORLD

Will's World: Things that go bang at harvest time

I call this time of year “injury season”. Farming’s a hazardous job as it is, but add the physical and mental exhaustion that comes with weeks of harvesting, and you’ve…