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You always know that autumn is drawing near as the movement of livestock in and out of our West Wales valley increases.

Barn eggs still have a valid role to play in the UK market for Tesco despite other supermarkets’ pledges to move to only free-range.

Summer is over and the kids are back to school. All the rain has made it another fairly growy month, which has this corner of the countryside looking nice and green with plenty of grass in front of both fattening lambs and Mule gimmers.

National campaigns to cut food waste in China have raised fears of an impending food shortage in the near future.

Global trends are likely to influence UK wheat prices this season as the UK looks to imports after a small harvest.

In the final part of a four-part series examining the US beef industry and markets, Íæż½ã½ã’s sister company Urner Barry looks at the impact of Covid-19 in the US and the UK.

In the tough times ahead, I hope farmers will see there is more to gain from working together than from being king of your own sandcastle, says arable farmer and NFU Sugar Board member Tom Clarke.

Lots of things have gone wrong in the Brexit talks with the EU, but the nation needs farmers to pull through, no matter what comes next, says Oliver Dowding, apple juice producer and agricultural spokesman for the Green Party in the south west.

If the UK is ambitious about its future, the interests of farmers and consumers must be front and centre in any new trade policy, says Conservative peer Anne McIntosh.

The relationship between NFU Scotland and the Scottish Conservative Party has plunged to a new low this week, following a very public spat between recently-elected party leader Douglas Ross MP and the union’s head of policy.