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With potato crops making up for a slow start to the season, Farmers Guardian catches up with agronomists in the East and the South West for the latest agronomy advice.

Farmers in the UK are going to come under ‘increasing pressure’ if they continue to ramp up food production unnecessarily, chairman of the Nature Friendly Farming Network (NFFN) Martin Lines has warned.

With the Government’s £15.9 million England Woodland Creation Offer now open, Olivia Midgley looks at the opportunities in tree planting and the various grant schemes farmers can tap into.

Defra Secretary George Eustice has been accused of leaving retailers to police the production standards of countries the UK is negotiating trade deals with.

Prices have fallen back as new season stock come forward

Victoria and William Newsham took responsibility for their father’s Lancashire dairy herd after he died in September 2019. Since then they have made impressive changes to management, improving productivity and efficiency to secure the farm’s future.

Defra is to make an announcement on payment rates for the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) from 2022 onwards very shortly.

Defra is to make an announcement on payment rates for the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) from 2022 onwards ‘very shortly’.