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NFU Cymru has teamed up with Ramblers Cymru to encourage walkers in the Welsh countryside to follow the Countryside Code.

With more than a quarter of farmers not having talked about succession, a Worshipful Company of Íæż½ã½ã lecture heard why now is the right time to tackle the conversation. Cedric Porter reports.

The AHDB is heralding its Shape the Future Campaign as a game changer, after more than 10,000 levy payers signed up to have their say on how members’ money is spent.

At turnout, young heifers allowed to graze infected pastures will develop large worm burdens over time and pasture contamination will accelerate as the season progresses.

Farm-based charity Siblings Reunited has been hosting reunions for sibling groups split up by the care system or through adoption for almost a decade. Hannah Park reports.

Pippa Botting, 28 is from Martock, Somerset and works for a large organic dairy business supplying milk to Arla, McDonald’s and Waitrose.

Defra has announced a new PCR test will be rolled out to identify Bovine TB for non-bovine farmed animals and slaughterhouse cases.

Margins being squeezed due to increasing costs of production, coupled with sharply eroding support payments, means sheep farmers need to do everything possible to optimise efficiency and flock performance.

Good silage will be key to making the most of good milk prices in the face of high fertiliser and feed costs.

Emergency grants of up to £1,000 are being made available to farmers whose properties have been hit by recent storms, an agricultural charity has announced.