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With the clocks changing, the dry weather came to an abrupt end on the last day of October. What we were not prepared for, however, was the absolute deluge of rainfall which fell out of the sky on that morning.

With disease pressure fairly low across the East of England during the 2020/21 season, managed lower input trials at the Strategic Farm East in Suffolk saw reduced fungicide programmes offering the best margins.

Farmers and agricultural contractors from across the UK will take to the roads in Newcastle this weekend in a protest over fuel taxation.

Pleas the UK’s free trade deal with Australia could have a detrimental effect on Welsh farmers have fallen ‘yet again on deaf ears’, Lesley Griffiths, MS Minister for Rural Affairs told the Hybu Cig Cymru (HCC) conference.

Farmers and their communities have been encouraged to recognise the people in their lives that help support them during good and difficult times as part of a new campaign by The Farming Community Network (FCN). 

When it comes to trade, the Kiwis know their onions. That much is clear from the news that the New Zealand Government is quickly moving to capitalise on its trade deal with the UK, which will remove all tariffs on this staple vegetable from the first day it comes into force.

The popular 6R range from John Deere has expanded with four new models offering more powerful four cylinders units and six cylinder tractors aimed at greater on-road use. The range now covers 14 models from 110hp to 250hp.

Delegates gathered in Stratford-upon-Avon for the 2021 Total Dairy conference, where speakers discussed how the dairy industry could build resilience. Jonathan Wheeler reports.

Maddison Wilson, 27, is originally from Northamptonshire. She is now a new entrant farmer in Fife, Scotland, co-owner at Hadden Farm and contract shepherdess.

Delegates gathered in Stratford-upon-Avon for the 2021 Total Dairy conference, where speakers discussed how the dairy industry could build resilience. Jonathan Wheeler reports.