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LEAF (Linking Environment and Farming), the organisers of the farming industry’s annual open day, LEAF Open Farm Sunday (LOFS), has announced a…

Mixed prospects for agriculture shows during 2021 >More in For many farming families, the agricultural show season is the highlight of the year. The opportunity to leave the farm and attend shows to network, make new friends and do business is just the tonic after months of hard work in winter and spring. Coronavirus wiped out last year’s shows calendar, causing millions of pounds worth of losses to the rural economy. It hit everything from larger shows to smaller, one-day events which bring rural communities together. Hundreds of shows up and down the countr...

Opinion: Post Brexit, we should be lifting, not cutting food production >More in © Tim Scrivener A friend of mine recently sent me some newspaper articles detailing what’s happening on Belgian farms. According to these, the production of intensive livestock is rocketing. New buildings are being erected to house pigs, poultry, veal calves and adult cattle. Much of this is happening in the north of Belgium, close to the border with the Netherlands. And many of the producers are Dutch. It is relatively easy, with the open borders of th...