Arable

In the latest episode of Crop it Like its Hot, the Arable Farming team delves into the world of water policy, application and economics, to find out: how can we make UK agriculture more water-secure?

With the drilling window for spring barley, wheat and beans now closed, we investigate summer cover crop management for growers looking to sell, feed or provide soil benefits this summer.

Five years on from hosting a Farming For A Better Climates pilot project, Montrose farmer Willie Officer has seen the change of approach result in improved yields and reduced input costs.

A new project to enhance food safety in potato crisp production has started between Abertay University and Perthshire-based Taylors Snacks.

With weather and soil conditions potentially delaying another spring crop, we get some top tips for late maize drilling.

As part of the Kings Coronation celebrations, English Heritage will be creating one hundred flower-rich meadows at its castles, abbeys, stone circles and palaces.

Using foliar nitrogen is one of the steps farmer Harry Heath has taken to improve the environmental footprint of his familys mixed farm near Newport, Shropshire.

The National Farmers Union said the Government must make this an annual event.

Cold and wet weather has delayed the planting of what is likely to be the smallest UK potato area ever. Cedric Porter reports.

A lack of options in the Environmental Land Management (ELM) scheme threatens to wipe out upland farming in the UK, with generations of family farms now in peril as the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) winds down.