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Hutchinsons’ Helix Project aims to explore how cutting-edge technologies can be successfully linked with knowledge to deliver more effective advice by agronomists to farm businesses. Moat Farm at Whiston, Northamptonshire, is a host farm for the project.

A strategy for sustainable woodland expansion which complements productive agriculture and helps the industry achieve its 2040 net zero ambition has been launched by NFU Cymru. 

A 21-year-old woman has died in a quad bike incident.

The principles behind Horsch are at the heart of a good carbon management strategy. Founded in 1984, Horsch says its focus has always been on no-till and min-till farming.

The Defra Farm Practices Survey shows that just under 50% of farmers are not acting to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from their farm, with nearly 75% quoting the fact they are unsure of what to do or lack of information as the reason for not acting.

Ben Sell, who is based at a 300-hectare family-run farm close to the New Holland factory at Basildon and runs a farming and contracting operation with his family, has been one of a small group of tractor users testing the pre-production T6.180 Methane Power tractor.

Origin Fertilisers is supporting farmers in reducing their carbon footprint and increasing the sustainability of farming through its NUTRI-CO2OL® service and NUTRI-MATCH tools.

If farming is the start of the food supply chain, then there is no doubt that the logjams emerging further down the line will start to be felt as the abattoir network and wider processing sector struggle with a range of external factors.

Despite extensive research conducted on transition cow management and nutrition, high rates of metabolic disease still remain.

The variation between average and best performing farms is more considerable ‘than ever before’