Arable

Farmers have called it ’the worst harvest season in living memory’

A year on from the overwhelming vote to end the statutory AHDB potato levy, Cedric Porter speaks to the group looking to set up a new representative group for the sector

Growing maize instead of underproductive grass could help farmers improve forage output per hectare and, in doing so, boost profitability and survivability.

Commodity markets have continued to rise as Russia invades Ukraine

AHDB take a look at the knock-on effect on agricultural trade

Malting barley and milling wheat prices have risen sharply over the past six months

The sale of the Ormiston and Charlesfield stores completes the disposal of the former Alexander Inglis sites

A lack of guidance surrounding sustainable farming means the UK may be ‘sleepwalking into its own food crisis’, an MP has cautioned.

THE NFU president has launched a scathing attack on the contradictory nature of Government policy, branding its handling of the pig crisis a ‘disgrace’ and a ‘disaster’ and demanding that it come up with a coherent plan that delivers for British farming.

Environmental gains made under stewardship schemes risk being squandered over the coming years, as farmers begin to plough up land in a bid to recoup the upcoming loss of direct support in England.