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There are many drivers of abiotic stress, which makes crops vulnerable to disease. Some, such as flooding or drought, cannot be controlled, but others can.

DEFRA, Arla and Danone are just a few of the industry names that are backing Food Waste Action Week, which runs until March 12.

Farmers First is a major player in the UK lamb market, but a payment issue in recent months and questions from former board members have led the company’s board to speak out. Alex Black met key players at the co-operative.

Beef and Lamb New Zealand has called on the Government to urgently commit to road repairs in the isolated farming communities of Hawke’s Bay and Tairawhiti following Cyclone Gabrielle on New Zealand’s North Island.

In National Careers Week, Tom Davis, manager of Mudchute farm in East London, talks about his career so far and we sit down with new FG editor Olivia Midgley

With a wide difference in incomes between different agricultural sectors this season, Cedric Porter reports on the latest Farm Business Income figures.

Common grazings have been a feature of the crofting areas of Scotland for centuries and cover still over 500,000 hectares of the highlands and islands.

Milder weather in January and February has put beet crops at a greater risk of contracting virus yellows disease this season.

An agriculture student who has wanted to be a farmer all his life has been awarded this year’s prestigious John Innes Foundation Bursary which supports young people starting their farm management and crop production careers.

After the success of the first round of funding in 2022, Katie Fallon looks at what is involved in round two of the Farming Equipment and Technology Fund.