Arable

The Young Farmers’ Club mantra that you do not need to be a farmer to join its ranks continues to be its message as it recruits members. It is also the opening gambit put forward to introduce teenagers to agriculture as a career possibility.

High input costs and poor selling prices are squeezing incomes at horticultural businesses across the UK. Cedric Porter reports from Fruit Focus in Kent.

Growers were making changes to their cropping plans due to the high costs of fertiliser

Advance Basic Payment Scheme payments are being issued to farmers, with the large majority expected to receive them by the end of July, the Rural Payments Agency has announced.

With temperatures yesterday reaching record highs, some growers were faced with the unusual challenge of OSR being too dry. 

With the UK experiencing some of its hottest weather on record, Farmers Guardian gets top tips for harvesting in a heatwave.

Growing one of the nation’s favourite condiments, Sara Gregson visits Michael Sly, the farmer ensuring the future of mustard.

EUROPEAN farmers were facing devastating wildfires as the heatwave set blazes across France, Spain, Portugal, Greece and Italy.

The EU has moved to block imports of crops grown using neonicotinoids it has banned.

A new program of support is available for farming families looking to reduce their carbon footprint.