Arable

The UK Government either does not appreciate, or care, about what Brexit is about to bring for farmers, says Deidre Brock, SNP Westminster spokesperson for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

This Government’s sugar plans, whether changing the tariff regime or refusing to reconsider the neonics ban for beet, prove no Minister is backing British farming, says Leicestershire arable and beef farmer Joe Stanley.

The 2019/20 Beet Delivery Service Report, including results from a survey on the BDS has been published by British Sugar and NFU Sugar.

Oilseed rape area is set for further decline after catastrophic yields have left many growers pulling the plug on the crop.

NFU Cymru has reacted angrily to a Welsh Government (WG) commitment in its Clean Air Plan to introduce a new agricultural water pollution law.

The coronavirus lockdown has pushed the UK into its first recession in 11 years

The UK Government has said it plans to keep the ban on using neonicotinoids to protect sugar beet, as France granted a three-year derogation to begin in the 2021 campaign.

With a risk of serious injury from hitting underground pipes and cables, Linesearch BeforeUDig (LSBUD) managing director Richard Broome looks at the importance of adopting safe digging practices

Greenpeace said cane sugar refiners Tate and Lyle would be the beneficiary of the changes