22 October 2026
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4 min read
Last season's mild conditions and early drilling created ideal conditions for aphids to spread barley yellow dwarf virus (BYDV), with some crops suffering far greater yield losses than growers expected,...
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A £12,000 loss on a potato contract prompted Yorkshire farmer Callum Stark to rethink his business, turning an underperforming asset into a growing leisure enterprise
24 October 2026
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6 min read
Defra-backed study finds some 78% of respondents said they would consider growing them on their farm in the next five years
23 October 2026
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2 min read
Widespread reports of high pest numbers being spotted in emerging cereal crops are putting pressure on growers to consider insecticide use, even if they have selected the no insecticide option in Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) schemes
23 October 2026
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2 min read
