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The maize and sunflower harvest could be reduced by 35% this year,

Why has Techneat’s Multicast applicator proven to be an adaptable tool for one Yorkshire-based contractor? James Huyton finds out more.

Could the Zurn Top Cut Collect be the silver bullet to grass-weed problems? James Huyton takes a look at a Warwickshire-based contractor running one of the latest variants.

Defra's latest figures revealed large decreases in crop outputs, poor yields and high global costs from the war in Ukraine had driven a 19% drop in farming profitability in England between 2022 and 2023

This week from Farmers Guardian editor Olivia Midgley

The CO2 is a byproduct of bioethanol production

Helen is a fifth-generation farmer who farms with her parents, David and Anne Shaw, husband, Craig, and their children, Alfred and Hattie, at Grey Leys Farm in the Vale of York. The farm comprises 162 hectares (400 acres) of grass, maize and wholecrop for the herd of 240 pedigree Jersey cows and more than 200 followers

Mr Clarkson said he was proud to be backing British farmers by buying barley from farms which had struggled with a poor Harvest last year

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 homereared and cows are on a composite system. Ian is a representative for Sainsbury’s Dairy Development Group and sits on the AHDB Genetics Advisory Forum

Farm finances were in discussion at the Groundswell Event