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Labour has not always done the best job of speaking for the countryside, but farmers need us to raise their concerns now more than ever, because uber-loyal Tories afraid of Number 10 won’t, says Shadow Defra Secretary Luke Pollard.

A new record of 1,700 for a Dalesbred female was set at the Dalesbred Sheep Breeders’ Association show and sale held at Bentham for a two-shear ewe, shown by Colin and Alan Price, Longlands.

The economic impact of the Covid-19 coronavirus has hit markets across the world, although some restrictions in China have been eased.

Heifers led the way at Leyburn’s spring spectacular with Garrowby Farms, Bugthorpe, taking home the championship, under judge Elizabeth Vance, Newton Stewart, with a Limousin heifer.

Blackface females were in demand at the breed’s ²ÝÁñÉçÇø Guardian-supported show and sale of in-lamb ewes and gimmers at Lanark.

Scotland’s globally accredited high food standards ‘should not be sacrificed’ in order to secure non-EU trade deals, the Scottish Government has warned.

US farm bankruptcies increased by 20 per cent in 2019 as its under-fire farmers felt the economic backlash of aggressive US trade policy.

NFU president Minette Batters has said her new top team’s priority will be to work on ‘getting Brexit right’.

The House of Lords will test the Government’s commitment to protecting standards in trade deals, with peers almost certain to add a new clause to the Agriculture Bill, says Bristol East Labour MP Kerry McCarthy.

Defra Secretary George Eustice was given a rough ride during his debut appearance as Secretary of State at NFU conference this week.