Biodiversity is a focus for Morrisons and its farmers. An area which is proving popular is the retailer’s ‘bee-friendly farms’, which attract and maintain bumblebee populations, create a bespoke brand and enable consumers to contribute to positive environmental impact.

By continually investing in the business, the Bingham family has ensured the welfare and production needs of its 800-cow herd are always put first. Richard Halleron reports.

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Growers are being urged to resist the temptation to take a ‘phosphate holiday’ in response to a sharp rise in fertiliser prices, and instead switch to more efficient ways of applying this essential nutrient.

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What a blessing a warm July has been for us, allowing us to crack on with harvesting, cropping, drilling, cultivating, packing and whatever else needs doing to keep us in business.

All our sheep were finally shorn by the first week of July and the conversation soon moved onto the well-documented price we will receive for the wool.

From torrential rain to a heatwave within a matter of days. July threw the proverbial kitchen sink at us in terms of weather conditions.