Arable

June is probably the best month of the year as the days are long and the countryside looks at its most verdant.

Spring crops are a bit of a mixed bag in the East Midlands this season, depending on when and in what conditions crops were established.  

A new project seeks to research molecular priming and provide plants with protection from adverse weather

Basis have launced a new course to build knowledge on sustainable farming targets

Crop protection manufacturers issue best practice guidance to maximise the effect of maleic hydrazide this season

A lack of training, access and opportunity is barring urban horticulturists from becoming commercial growers, a House of Lords committee has been told

Want to improve your soils but feel apprehensive about it? Soil Association adviser Katy Jo Stanton has some words of wisdom.

A leading UK-based Pakistani businessman, who is vice-chair of international fertiliser producer Engro Corporation, is one of the five men trapped inside a submarine missing near the Titanic wreckage

The 2023/24 FACTS annual online assessment scheme for agriculture and vegetables will deal with the broad, but highly topical subject of ‘managing soils for effective nutrient supply’.

Results show 60 per cent of farms are positively sowing and managing conservation mixes on environmental areas