Arable

Farmers with access to digestate are being encouraged to explore the benefits of using it as a cost-effective source of crop nutrition.

The horticulture sector has long been dependent upon foreign pickers and packers, but Home Office Ministers are keen to wind down the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Scheme (SAWS).

Wheat markets have retreated from the highs seen in May following news Ukraine may potentially be able to resume grain shipments but news from the US continues to support the market.

Managing risks on farm will be more important than ever before, with organisation key

As maincrop potatoes race through growth stages, the second article in our series following agronomists in the East and West, considers how to protect crops from blight and maximise yield potential.

Farmers have been urged to fit fire suppression systems to their combines to reduce fire risk and save lives and harvest.

Taxpayers’ money will be wasted and environmental targets missed if the Government does not put farmers and food production at the heart of its post-Brexit policy, an industry expert has warned. 

Farmers are being reminded not to fall foul of new rules requiring the users of agrochemicals to register their details on a new Government database by June 22.

Blight monitoring is to continue this season thanks to funding from the Scottish Government

Blight monitoring is to continue this season thanks to funding from the Scottish Government