All from last 24 hours BUSINESS MANAGEMENTHow care with contractor instructions protects both sidesThe costs of failure to properly organise those providing services to the business but not directly on the payroll can be a combination of personal, financial and reputational impacts. See… BEEFBeef welfare strategy aims to make cattle thrive, not copeA proactive and preventative approach to animal health, well-trained stockpeople, and an environment that enables beef cattle to thrive, underpin the ruminant sector’s latest strategy to improve welfare. The Beef… HEALTH AND WELLBEINGRabi launches FarmersAid farm accident support appThe Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution (Rabi) is encouraging farmers to download its new FarmersAid app, a critical support tool designed to help save lives in remote rural locations in the… RAKES AND MERGERSKuhn goes mounted with latest GA twin-rotor rakeA new grass rake built to have the capacity of a twin-rotor trailed machine and the handy manoeuvrability of a mounted unit has joined the Kuhn range for gathering spread… FARMER FOCUSFarmer Focus: Winter cereals have run out of steamThe end is nigh! Well, at least it is for my winter cereals due to the ongoing drought this spring. Our light-land fields have really run out of steam. It… COMPLIANCEHigh Court finds FSA slaughterhouse charging system unlawfulThe High Court has ruled that the Food Standards Agency (FSA) acted unlawfully in the way it charged slaughterhouses for official food safety controls. The decision was welcomed by meat… CROPS MARKETS AND PRICESRainfall brings relief to parched crops following dry spellGrowers have welcomed widespread rainfall across much of the UK this week, helping to alleviate crop concerns following a remarkably dry spring. This year has been the warmest spring on… MARKETS AND TRENDSFresh produce body warns SPS deal 'shifts' border costsThe UK’s fresh produce sector has warned that the government’s planned sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) agreement with the EU risks shifting more than £300m in border costs onto imports from…