Arable Farming

Farmers Guardian head of arable, Ash Ellwood, looks into what positive outcomes the last seven days have brought for arable growers across the UK

The ongoing crisis in the Middle East is piling pressure on growers who are now facing critical decisions about next season's planting

Join us for our second arable special where Farmers Guardian head of arable, Ash Ellwood, visits Duchy of Cornwall's Focus Farmers, Heather and Paul Gorringe

Clarkson's Farm stars unveil trial plots as they look forward to bringing the show way out west

Hereford farmer, Tom Garlic farms 1800 breeding ewes and finishes 2500 store lambs a year. He reflects on his time spent entering competitions, giving him the confidence to push for improvement

At different points in their careers, two brothers are combining on-farm trials, practical management and Government schemes to reshape their farming system

NFU welcomes consultation that will help farmers deal with issues such as clarity of standards, sampling and testing procedures, supply volumes, data sharing and dispute resolution

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