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This week from Farmers Guardian editor Olivia Midgley (March 22)

High rainfall and saturated fields mean the timing of slurry application and first-cut silage will be a challenge for many grassland farmers this year

With turnout delayed across the country and silage stocks running down, looking at ways to extend silage stocks until cows can go out is now important on some farms

Heavy rainfall has disrupted seedbeds which could potentially stall sugar beet

This week from Farmers Guardian editor Olivia Midgley (March 14)

Alan Carter farms in partnership with his parents, Paul and Christine, on a 162 hectare (400-acre), 400-cow dairy unit at Constantine, Cornwall, with 130 milking cows, supplying Saputo. Alan, also a Parish Councillor, and his wife Sarah, have two children, Ross and Dana

Concerns building for next year amid feed cost fears and seed shortages

Sugar beet growers granted access to Cruiser SB following emergency authorisation

Kick-starting winter-battered crops is going to be challenging this spring, but a series of trials carried out across the country are highlighting some key insights into how to achieve this

Two farmers from the East Midlands reflected on how climate change was affecting them in practice during a recent Wheat Genetic Improvement Network discussion session