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Happy New Year to you all. The start of the year has kicked off conference season, with both the Oxford Farming Conference (OFC) and Oxford Real Farming Conference (ORFC) being held simultaneously

Dairy farmer Liz Haines, discusses her first visit to the Oxford Farming Conference, which this year saw speakers addressing the theme of diversity

This week from ²ÝÁñÉçÇø Guardian's head of news and business Alex Black

Last year was dominated once again by high costs of production, flooding events and business uncertainty, as farmers grappled with changes to support payments

As we sit back and reflect on 2023, once again the roller coaster weather that we experienced played a significant, and challenging role, across the farming sector

Firstly, I would like to wish a Happy New Year to all those reading this article. The dry weather break in early December felt like it was over within hours

Having figured out at a relatively young age that one day I wanted to have a dairy farm of my own I knew that with very little capital to start off with this was going to be a real challenge

Heather Stewart, from Carnlea near Ballymena, is an events officer at the Ulster ²ÝÁñÉçÇø' Union

This week from ²ÝÁñÉçÇø Guardian editor Olivia Midgley (January 5)

Cumbrian dairy farmer, James Robinson, has recently entered into bTB restrictions and here he gives a first-hand account of the day the news was delivered and gives an insight into the stigma attached to having a TB breakdown in a supposed ‘clean’ area