Popular Countryside Stewardship option AB15 two-year sown legume fallow saw a 9 per cent increase in payment rate this year, guaranteeing growers £569/hectare/year for the five year agreement.

An AHDB PhD student is exploring how root exudates help some cereals to compete with black-grass.

An innovative method of controlling a range of damaging crop diseases using native, beneficial soil bacteria has emerged from a research-industry collaboration.

For the second year, Defra has approved the emergency authorisation (EA) of the neonicotinoid seed treatment, Cruiser SB (thiamethoxam), following an application from British Sugar and NFU Sugar.

Farmers face a ‘postcode lottery’ if plans to reward them financially for increasing soil carbon stocks are to be introduced, two leading soil scientists have warned.

Farmers face a postcode lottery if plans to reward them financially for increasing soil carbon stocks are to be introduced, two leading soil scientists have warned.

More farmers are now exploring the potential of living mulches to improve soil health and reduce the need for bagged fertilisers.

The University of Aberdeen has joined forces with one of Scotlands largest agricultural co-operatives in a new venture that could help farmers produce their own clean, green energy on a mass scale.

The University of Aberdeen has joined forces with one of Scotland’s largest agricultural co-operatives in a new venture that could help farmers produce their own clean, green energy on a mass scale.

Farmers who previously sat on the fence about Countryside Stewardship (CS) should seriously consider the scheme, following the announcement from Defra that payment rates will increase by an average of 30 per cent.