Soil

A mixed farmer from Warwickshire who has diversified into growing and processing industrial hemp is calling on more farmers to consider the crop. 

Bayer has announced the European launch of its global Carbon Initiative. Five farmers from the UK and more than 20 others from across Europe will be working with Bayer to investigate how to decarbonise the food value chain.

The fifth Groundswell event was the biggest yet, welcoming farmers to cultivate new ideas and dig the dirt on regenerative farming techniques. Alice Dyer and Chloe Palmer went along.

The fifth Groundswell event was the biggest yet, welcoming farmers to cultivate new ideas and dig the dirt on regenerative farming techniques. Alice Dyer and Chloe Palmer went along.

McCain has pledged to implement regenerative agriculture practices across 100 per cent of its global potato acreage — representing 150,000 hectares by 2030.

An increased grant offering has been announced to encourage the planting of cover crops to improve soil structure on Midlands farms and protect water quality, as part of the wider Severn Trent Environment Protection Scheme.

Three agchem manufacturers have formed a new partnership to help safeguard the future of the at threat post-emergence herbicide, bentazone, which is up for re-approval in 2025.

The Blenheim Estate in Oxfordshire is inviting farmers to tender for 445 hectares of arable farmland as it implements its new land strategy.

The Blenheim Estate in Oxfordshire is inviting farmers to tender for 445 hectares of arable farmland as it implements its new land strategy.

Two new farmers have joined AHDB’s Strategic Cereal Farm network in an expansion of the Farm Excellence programme to both the South and North of England.