Arable

There’s no doubt Corbyn is the midwife to Brexit, and it’s for the best his political career is now over, says Hywel Davies, who is a partner at Cyfreithwyr Llys Cennen Solicitors and helps his parents run the Aman flock of pedigree Texel sheep, the 2018 Champion Flock of Wales.

Eustice’s appointment as Defra Secretary seemed to be a popular one among farmers, but this just shows they haven’t been paying attention, says Hywel Davies, who is a partner at Cyfreithwyr Llys Cennen Solicitors and helps his parents run the Aman flock of pedigree Texel sheep, the 2018 Champion Flock of Wales.

Almost 50 years on from the closure of the Scottish sugar beet factory in Cupar, a Rural Innovation Support Service group is aiming to look into the feasibility and steps required to re-establish the crop in eastern Scotland.

Long-serving Farming Minister George Eustice has been promoted to Defra Secretary after his former boss, Theresa Villiers, was given the sack.

A majority of potato businesses are growing cover crops in order to improve soil structure, build organic matter and dry out wet soils, but there could be a benefit to yields too.

MPs have been told the Agriculture Bill must contain a sector-specific target to reach net zero emissions by 2040.

February 2020 Arable Farming Issue

Making employees feel needed and respected can be key in staff retention and securing loyalty. Sarah Todd looks at the growing importance of taking time to empower those working around you.

A leading agrisupply group has told Farmers Guardian it is ‘difficult to predict’ if new controls on EU imports will have an impact on input prices for farmers.

NFU president Minette Batters has urged the Government to think responsibly about the impact land taken out of food production can have on farm businesses, following the prime minister’s confirmation HS2 will be built.