Arable

The five new varieties added to the OSR RL are all hybrids, which now make up 80 per cent of varieties on the list.

Defra has confirmed farmers in England are set to lose 50 per cent of their direct payment by 2024.

This week, Defra published its agricultural transition plan (ATP), which sets out some of the major milestones for the sector over the next seven years. Abi Kay reports.

‘Test and trace’ has become a well coined phrase during 2020, but it is also a practice that can be applied to improve crop management.

The wheat price faces increasing pressure from the imminent, large Australian wheat crop.

Crop health faces huge challenges including climate change, biosecurity, pesticide availability, legislation and pesticide resistance.

With many cover crops growing well this autumn thanks to good September moisture, management over winter will be important to ensure soils are in the best state for spring crops.

If food production is to reach net zero targets, policy makers need to secure fair returns for farmers by incentivising climate neutral food production.

Helping to motivate, inspire and guide staff to achieve their best can help a farm business thrive. In the first of a two-part feature, Clemmie Gleeson speaks to two farmers who, although from different sectors and backgrounds, let their staff know what they do matters and is appreciated.

Farmers must checkwastemanagement processes or face enforcement action, the Environment Agency (EA) has said.