Arable Farming

Tine drills have been the saving grace for many in this soggy season, but for a Nottinghamshire farm, the low disturbance tine is the start of a whole new way of working. Jane Carley reports.

Adding lifting sugar beet and fodder beet to Trivett and Sons’ portfolio of services is an added benefit of purchasing a reconditioned harvester to handle their own crops

Spray technology, field data collection and drill customisation were some of the features at this year's CropTec, held at the NAEC at Stoneleigh for the first time.

International factors are driving the grain market, with the prospect of more Black Sea wheat and a delayed order for French wheat by the Chinese putting pressure on prices.

Jeremy Moody, secretary and adviser to the CAAV, said farmers can help reduce emissions through slurry storage

The UK potato crop is expected be one of the smallest on record this year

The latest State of Nature report from RSPB found one in six species are at risk of being lost from Great Britain. The Nature Friendly Farming Network said the report contained ‘seeds of hope' for how agriculture can help turn the situation around

Could the swather be making a comeback? Jane Carley speaks to one farm where the specialist machine has never gone away.

NFU Sugar and British Sugar have so far failed to reach agreement on the 2024/25 contract

Phil Warham has been an agronomist with Agrovista for six years. He gained a degree in Land and Farm Management at Harper Adams and managed farms for several years afterwards. He now advises on combinable crops, cereals, maize and vining peas in Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire and into Leicestershire. Key interests include direct drilling and soil health, as well as making farms profitable. In his spare time he is a keen runner, cyclist and horseman.