Arable

Welsh First Minister Mark Drakeford has said the UK Government’s internal market proposals are a ‘significant step backwards’ for devolution.

While participating in the LiveWheat project, Green Acres Farm in Shropshire has shown resilience in extreme weather and achieved consistent wheat crop quality and yield. Farmers Guardian spoke to organic grower, Mark Lea.

The weather has not been kind to oilseed rape this season and the threat of flea beetle has left many growers questioning the future viability of the crop as yield information comes in.

A second review is underway to find a new owner for Newton Rigg campus, Cumbria after Askham Bryan confirmed it will no longer provide education at the site from July 2021.

A new Farm Work Welfare app will see thousands of farmers and workers across the UK benefit from ‘valuable’ support and information in a bid to tackle labour exploitation.

As we approach the middle of July, our preparations for harvest in the north east of Scotland get into gear, with sheds to muck and wash, combines to be serviced and guttering to clean and repair.

For many potato growers, 2020 will be the first year they begin sprout suppression with foliar applied maleic hydrazide (MH) in the field as the first step to storage without CIPC.

The Chemicals Regulation Division (CRD) has approved the use of Funguran Progress (copper hydroxide) to control late blight in organic potato crops under an emergency use application.

Nine ‘innovative’ agri-tech projects across the UK are set to benefit from £24 million in Government funding, in a bid to reach net zero food production and reduce carbon emissions.

The Government’s decision to set up a Trade Commission should have cooled down the debate on food standards, but instead it has heated it up, says Tim Lang, professor of food policy at City, University of London and author of Feeding Britain.