Agronomist says farmers are turning to nutrition to increase plant health to aid healthy and high yielding crops
Commodity prices, SFI commitments and soil conditions will impact planting decisions
IFA's national livestock chair urged farmers to 'resist attempts by factories to reduce the price' of their cattle
The Energy Security Secretary has told parliament that the best agricultural land must be protected for food security
Growers urged to be prepared for 2025 mancozeb ban
Dan Hawes grew up on an arable farm in Suffolk and now produces strawberry and raspberry plants for the UK fruit market with Blaise Plants, sister company to Hugh Lowe Farms, Kent. The business grows outside, under tunnels and in glasshouses and produces more than four million plants a year. The arable side includes environmental schemes, with a mix of wheat, oilseed rape, beans and barley crops
Product shown to increase crop growth and microbial life
Running a trio of 300hp tractors might be unnecessary for many farms but Martin Bramley’s operation requires all three at peak times and his latest MF 8S.305 has versatility far beyond being a traditional high horsepower field lugger.
30,000 tonnes of basalt rock will be spread across farmland throughout the UK as part of an enhanced rock weathering trial to fight climate change