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NFU Scotland has announced former senior civil servant John Davidson as its 11th chief executive

Reports from the east of England suggest barley yellow dwarf virus (BYDV) is widespread in cereals and an agronomist advises growers to increase plant nutrition to help control symptoms.

Red Tractor has vowed to strongly defend every aspect of its promotional activities, after a campaign group accused it of greenwashing agricultural pollution on an industrial scale.

Fertiliser prices have declined across the board since the turn of the year, with changes in the supply and demand balance and a fall in gas prices.

Potato growers are facing a different proposition when it comes to weed control this spring compared to 2022 following delayed planting of much of the UK’s maincrop.

NFU president Minette Batters has issued a warning to farmers after a social media post showing a cow ramming and kicking a farm worker was posted online.

Tributes have been paid to a young farmer from County Armagh in Northern Ireland who died following a single-vehicle road traffic collision at the weekend.

Matching nitrogen availability to crop demand is helping one cattle-rearing business produce high yields of top-quality maize silage.

A Co-operative buyout is Forfar Market users’ only hope of being able to continue trading at the site.

To help optimise spray application timings, one Leicestershire farm has opted for a Chafer Sentry mixer bowser to support its 5,000-litre trailed sprayer. Geoff Ashcroft reports.