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Increasing levels of cercospora and rust are the latest concern for sugar beet growers after a difficult growing season which has seen establishment difficulties, high levels of virus yellows infection and drought.

While recent years has seen many auction marts to move out of town centres, the opposite is true of Melton Mowbray which is bucking the trend.

A surge in ‘irresponsible’ countryside visitors has left a tenant farmer frustrated at dealing with incidents of poisoned sheep, wild campers and human excrement on his Peak District farm.

A farmer has auctioned off a mule gimmer lamb to aid fundraising efforts for testicular cancer. 

As farmers seek to meet new targets around ammonia emissions, slurry acidification could offer one option for doing so. An ongoing study is looking into whether there are any wider impacts on soil and crop quality. Hannah Par

In the first in a series looking at how markets have stood the test of time, supported by the Livestock Auctioneers Association and Shearwell, we look at how they have evolved, adapted and thrived.

Almost two years into the role of chief executive at Harrison and Hetherington (H&H), Richard Rankin, is steering the company through one of its biggest challenges as the far reaching consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic impact on the business.

The average treated yield for spring barley in 10 Recommended List (RL) trials is 7.79 tonnes/hectare, slightly above the five-year average (7.55t/ha).

It has been a long held truth that farmers bear too much of the risk, and not enough of the reward, in a food supply chain stacked against them.

Despite guidelines highlighting the importance of colostrum management, too many calves are still failing to receive good quality, clean colostrum.