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The factory was expected to open in the first quarter of 2023

Use of vertical farming technology has become more widespread in recent years, but how can it complement conventional farming systems? Alex Black and Rob Yorke report.

Two new farmers have joined AHDB’s Strategic Cereal Farm network in an expansion of the Farm Excellence programme to both the South and North of England.

THE Farmers Guardian supported Kirkby Classic sale of 609 store and potential show cattle at Kirkby Stephen topped at 6,000.

The female record was smashed and there were increased averages in all sections at the sale of Galloway cattle at Castle Douglas.

Farm and environmental groups have raised a series of concerns over the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) scheme pilot, after Defra published details of the scheme this week.

Arla has proposed ceasing production at its Trevarrian site following the loss of key own-label cheese contracts plus continued instability in the food service demand due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

It is often said many lessons can be learned from history. Maybe modern life lures us into a false sense of security, or maybe man just has far to large an ego, but it seems like we have a tendency to ignore these lessons, usually to our detriment.

An international consortium of academic and commercial seed companies from the USA, Canada, Europe and Israel have mapped the entire set of genes which make up canola (oilseed rape).

Spring barley is expected to return to a more normal area of 700,000 hectares in 2021 compared with more than one million hectares planted last year.