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²ÝÁñÉçÇø who selected an early maturing maize variety this year will be reflecting on a timely harvest and looking forward to high feed quality from their 2020 crop.

Survey to probe impact of Covid-19 and where agribusinesses across the globe are measuring on the scale of gender and diversity

This has been a year like never before, but thankfully many of the farming community are still here to see it. Auctioneers and farmers aroundthe country are resilient to everything that gets thrown at them (andoften does).

I do wonder if ‘Cheshire maize’ isn’t a perfect illustration of the eternal optimism of farmers.

The full effect of Covid-19 hit us hard when Jim’s mum had a nasty fall and we were not allowed to travel in the ambulance or visit her in hospital over the next week or so.

William Lea, 24, is a poultry farmer based at Church Stretton, Shropshire, and works for Lloyds Animal Feeds.

Robotic milking might be more frequently associated with indoor, high production Holstein herds, but one family in Somerset has installed robots on an organic grazing system.

Beef from the dairy herd can be a profitable enterprise, provided the animals are managed to the highest possible standards from birth to finishing

²ÝÁñÉçÇø look set to benefit from a change in shopper habits brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic, with new research showing 63 per cent of Brits are buying more home-grown produce. By Hannah Binns and Abi Kay

Building financial resilience has been at the core of decision-making for one Pembrokeshire dairy farmer who began selling pasteurised milk direct to the consumer last year, among other diversifications. Anna Bowen reports.