Arable Farming

Be alert to ramularia appearing in this year's spring barley crops after the stressful dry start to the season, according to Syngenta's disease expert, Jason Tatnell.

In today's Farming in Five, chief reporter Rachael Brown reports on the farming unions' meeting with Treasury to discuss the family farm tax, where farming leaders felt the door had been 'slammed in their faces' once again. Unions now say their focus is on getting more Labour backbench MPs including those in the inner cities to pressurise the Government ahead of the Finance Bill in Autumn. And in other news, the UK's borders have been called into question once again after 600kg of illegal meat was seized in Northern Ireland, and growers are being urged to be extra vigilant amid warnings that organised crime gangs are targeting rural properties

Arable and beef farmer Rob Atkin says 'lessons have been learned' and he has taken the time to improve drainage and infrastructure to withstand future ‘weather events'

Calls for a more holistic approach to tackling 'weed communities'

Exclusive dinners to yoga in the vineyard – how one Hertfordshire farm has ambitious plans as wine industry continues to flourish.

Tenant Farmers Association said it had been given reassurances from a senior Defra official last week that a decision was imminent

Ian farms in partnership with his family near Knutsford, Cheshire. They manage 700 commercial pedigree Holstein/Friesians on 445 hectares (1,100 acres). Replacements are home reared and cows are on a composite system

Agriconnect, the UK’s largest agricultural information business, has announced today that it will be reinvigorating its focus on the arable sector within its flagship suite of brands

The decision followed a meeting on Monday (October 16) involving both Red Tractor and the British Farming Union