Arable

With hot temperatures expected into next week and tinderbox conditions, growers are being advised to stay vigilant to avoid combine fires.

Ian Davis, a beef farmer from Hertfordshire, points out soil is the key to making a regenerative approach work.

Sugar beet growers are being alerted to a potential new weevil pest, which is damaging crops in Suffolk.

Brits waste over 5.8 million spuds per year but new legislation could cut that down

New technology which uses the ‘science of light’ has the potential to tackle pests and plant diseases, increasing crop yield at a time of global food insecurity. Jac Williams reports.

Andersons has suggested it might be time for farmers to reconsider OSR

With very dry soils this harvest, Farmers Guardian finds out how to get catch and cover crops off to the best start.

Farming’s biggest digital campaign, #Farm24, has taken its profile to new heights this year following unprecedented activity across social media and beyond.

The Government’s review into labour shortages must not overlook the immediate and pressing issues currently facing the food supply chain, NFU deputy president Tom Bradshaw has warned. 

July 2022, was the driest July for England since 1935, and the driest on record for East Anglia, southeast and southern England, according to provisional statistics from the Met Office.