Horticulture

The supermarket aims to back British farmers by increasing the number of long-term agreements the supermarket has in place with British producers and horticulture suppliers

Government intervention is needed to prevent growers being affected by rising electricity standing charges

Healthier choices, hot weather and the rising cost of living played pivotal roles in shaping UK grocery sales this year

There has always been a festive market for the obvious products including turkeys and Christmas trees, but the surprise commercial bestseller in the UK’s supermarkets at Christmas time is the poinsettia

A farm in the Fens has produced a crop of rice, but with rising temperatures, could it become the new normal?

Thorne Stopps, 22, is from Tunbridge Wells in Kent. He is studying a BSc top-up in agricultural management at the Royal Agricultural University.

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NFU warns farmers could not afford to pay all Seasonal Worker Scheme costs

Dan Hawes produces strawberry and raspberry plants for the UK fruit market with Blaise Plants, Kent. The arable side of the business includes environmental schemes, with a mix of wheat, oilseed rape, beans and barley crops