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Manufacturers are in a period of transition, driven by shifting farmer demand, digital technologies and intensifying global competition.

The new National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) is the biggest update to planning policy in a generation, with rural landowners set to benefit from a more supportive and streamlined rules-based system.

Price changes at the farmgate take a long time to reach the supermarket shelves. Here AHDB look at analysis that measures how long that delay is and how much of the change in retail prices can be linked to changes in carcase price.

An Agrisgôp group, led by Rhian Jones, who is also a Regional Champion for the DPJ Foundation, brought together nine farmers from a mix of beef, sheep, dairy and poultry enterprises to explore how to improve mental health within the farming community.

This article provides an overview of what health and safety management means, advice on finding the right guidance for your business, practical steps to manage health and safety in small, low risk businesses and relevant health and safety laws.

This article explores the margins of buying and selling cattle at different intervals in the last few years, with some mitigation strategies to consider.

Clay additives reduced methane and ammonia and digestibility of fibre and organic matter was moderately enhanced, accompanied by improvements in weight gain and milk fat yield. These responses varied depending on the type and dose of clay mineral.

Commercial apple breeding is dominated by a very small number of cultivars. Pre-breeding projects aim to enrich the utilized genepool with genetically distinct material, including wild species and old/local cultivars. This material has great potential, especially in breeding programmes focused on resistance to various pests and diseases, or on cultivation in marginal production areas requiring improved habitat adaptation. For most of the wild species, only a few accessions have however been evaluated, thereby probably overlooking many potentially valuable gene sources.

Why is this subject being discussed in a publication focussed on agriculture?  Large companies who buy processed cereals often need to set a verified science-based target for emissions and that most likely includes the impact of forestry, land-use and agriculture (FLAG), hence their keen interest in what agricultural practices are best to minimise embedded carbon and maintain a suitable supply of good quality low carbon ingredients for the future.

Overall there is no pain indicator that can be considered ‘gold standard’ in the way verbal communication is in humans, and indicators should be chosen on a case-by-case basis.

There is evidence to suggest that early separation is one of the most contentious issues amongst the public, with growing concerns about the impact on cow and calf health and welfare from consumers and stakeholders alike.

The study concludes that using vegetable by-products as cattle feed can significantly reduce emissions while also preventing useful materials from becoming waste. This approach supports a circular economy and could help make food production more environmentally sustainable, benefiting society by reducing the environmental impact of livestock farming.