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With the UK’s plant-based food market estimated to be worth £443 million in 2018, this has opened up potential new opportunities for UK arable farmers.

A major project has been completed at Aarhus University in Denmark looking at wheat variety mixtures with the aim of stabilising yield and disease level.

A petition launched by Penrith and The Border MP Dr Neil Hudson as part of a campaign to save Newton Rigg College, Cumbria, from closure, has received more than 3,850 signatures.

Pit your skills against a professional livestock judge and be in with the chance of winning £250 plus a £250 ram voucher.

An all-breeds centre record of 10,500gns was set at the Limousin Cattle Society sale at Ballymena for the bull, Rahoney Obed.

Syngenta has updated its Hybrid Barley calculator. Growers can now use their own seed price rather than using a standard price.

Whether Covid-19 has brought about change or meant business as usual, the farming calendar is ticking over as it always has. Here, photojournalism student Jack Bailey tells his family’s story. Hannah Park reports

Three wet seasons have created major cause for concern for arable farmers, with the excessive rainfall experienced this winter causing a multitude of crop establishment issues.

Winter oilseed rape crop failure, due to a dry autumn and/or cabbage stem flea beetle attack, has prompted many growers in some areas of the country to look for alternatives. NIAB offers some top tips.

Farming Minister Victoria Prentis has rejected the NFU’s call for a Trade Commission to explore ways to protect food production standards in UK trade policy.