Arable

90% of wheat stocks and 60% if the malting barley stocks were nowhere to be found following the collapse with many farmers owed six figure sums

Diversifying into rearing livestock could present an opportunity for arable farmers looking to plug their future Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) gap.

AHDB’s recently published Planting and Variety Survey shows improved 2020/21 autumn and winter planting conditions allowed GB grain areas to swing back to trend levels.

Defra has ended the six-month authorisation that has allowed imports of seed potatoes from Europe to GB at a time when exports from GB to EU were not permitted.

Defra has ended the six-month authorisation that has allowed imports of seed potatoes from Europe to GB at a time when exports from GB to EU were not permitted.

The future beyond BPS was the hot topic on business standards at this year’s Cereals Event

New Recommended List winter wheat varieties, of which there were several from Group 3, as well as candidates for Group 2 and hard Group 4 feed wheats attracted interest at Cereals.

The fifth Groundswell event was the biggest yet, welcoming farmers to cultivate new ideas and dig out the latest thinking on regenerative farming techniques. Alice Dyer and Chloe Palmer went along.

A mixed farmer from Warwickshire who has diversified into growing and processing industrial hemp is calling on more farmers to consider the crop. 

With tenant farmers facing major changes in Basic Payment Scheme payments and rules on succession over the coming years, property consultancy Berrys takes a look at how farmers should be planning ahead