Arable

James Richardson is the farm manager at Bishop Burton College. In his monthly blog, James will tell Farmers Guardian about helping to inspire the next generation.

Focusing on your soil has the potential to take you on a magnificent regenerative journey, says Dr Vincent Walsh, founder of The RegenFarmCo.

Black-grass emergence is expected to be rapid this season after assessments by agriculture consultant ADAS have shown a high number of weed seed samples with low dormancy.

As this year’s sugar beet harvest approaches, British Sugar has announced the campaign start dates for each factory. 

A hot, dry summer has caused concerns for potato crops. In this View from the Top, Hannah Binns spoke to McCain’s James Young about the importance of fostering grower relationships to navigate uncertainty.

Scotland’s harvest is currently running at least two weeks ahead of normal, with many of the earlier areas in the east almost finished with spring barley and winter wheat. By Ewan Pate and Hannah Binns.

After one of the quickest and most straightforward harvests on record in most areas, the downside of the recent record temperatures and negligible rain is hard, dry soils. Jane Carley explores how to manage them.

Ben Gratton, 18, is from a dairy, beef and sheep farm outside of Buxton in Derbyshire. He is currently working on a dairy and arable farm in Shropshire as part of his level 3 advanced technical extended diploma in agriculture at Reaseheath College.

Despite the dry summer the Fight Against Blight (FAB) team has recorded and mapped 37 outbreaks of the disease across Great Britain.