Arable

Businesses taking on casual or temporary labour need to be clear on employment status writes Lodders agricultural employment law specialist Faye Reynolds

Growers were increasingly concerned about recruitment for next year’s harvest

The AHDB Recommended List for cereals and oilseeds (RL) will feature major changes to rust disease-resistance ratings in 2021/22 as the evolving disease becomes harder to track.

The Agriculture Bill has officially become law and been made an Act after receiving Royal Assent today (November 11).

Farming Minister Victoria Prentis has apologised to the business community for the uncertainty over future trading arrangements with the EU.

Increased production and commercial innovation prevented flour shortages during the first lockdown – so there’s no need to panic this time, says National Association of British and Irish Millers (nabim) director Alex Waugh.

A Dutch scientist turned film maker has teamed up with a group of European farmers to produce a crowd-funded documentary film which will dispel the mistruths surrounding glyphosate.

Despite a rough season for sugar beet following drought, virus yellows and foliar disease outbreaks, an improvement in the weather means there is still potential to add yield.

The chairman of the Trade and Agriculture Commission (TAC), Tim Smith, has said he expects around 80 per cent of the body’s recommendations to Government to be backed by all of its members.

The Yield Enhancement Network (YEN) has set out plans to explore the impact that different crop management practices and yields have on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.