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With oilseed rape about to enter its critical flowering period, AHDB has announced it will run its sclerotinia infection risk alerts service again this season to help growers better target sprays.

Five agriculture trainees have won awards at Lantra Scotland’s ALBAS (Awards for Land-based and Aquaculture Skills) at a virtual ceremony.  

Same Deutz-Fahr has announced it will not be participating in any international shows in 2021, namely the German Agritechnica show and the Italian EIMA show.

It is time for the UK Government to sort out the barriers which are hampering agri-food trade to Europe, according to NFU Scotland. 

Farm groups and vets have responded angrily to a Government decision to delay checks on EU food imports to Great Britain (GB).

Despite challenges brought on by Covid-19, Harper Adams University continues to make strides with its Hands Free Farm project. Jane Carley catches up with its progress.

With the news that sugar beet growers will not have the option of Cruiser SB (thiamethoxam) this season, BBRO outlines what’s available in terms of aphid control.

Neil Shand, chairman of the National Beef Association, said the amount of cattle lost in the 2001 foot-and-mouth crisis amounted to the size of England’s current suckler herd.

The Chancellor’s measures announced last week could give businesses an opportunity to invest

For many farmers caught up in the foot-and-mouth crisis, vets were sometimes ‘seen as part of the enemy’ for their active role in delivering Government’s blood-testing and cull policy.