A business started by two young farmers selling bags of potatoes during Covid has grown into a thriving wholesale business, supplying fish and chip shops, farm shops and greengrocers across Lincolnshire and Yorkshire

The latest harvest survey from AHDB shows a mixed picture in terms of wheat and barley quality

Agricultural technology is advancing rapidly, but enthusiasm does not always translate into on-farm adoption, Ash Ellwood ponders a question raised at the recent REAP conference

A recent webinar highlighted the importance of having farmers involved with on farm trials right from the start

We chat to Dr Paul O'Hora to discover what soil structure, compaction and biological activity reveal about winter soil health

With just one event a year, Halloween, pumpkin growers have created a four-month annual season, we find out about the growers fronting the production

High aphid numbers plagued leafy salads this summer with a predicted yield deficit of up to £10M across some parts of the UK

A £12,000 loss on a potato contract prompted Yorkshire farmer Callum Stark to rethink his business, turning an underperforming asset into a growing leisure enterprise

Widespread reports of high pest numbers being spotted in emerging cereal crops are putting pressure on growers to consider insecticide use, even if they have selected the no insecticide option in Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) schemes

Milder autumns and early drilling could extend aphid activity, increasing the risk of barley yellow dwarf virus. Ash Ellwood looks at spray timing and the role of resistant varieties in protecting yield