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A local mindset is central to business for Hale Village tenant farmer Bill Webb…
A new rhizome-based Miscanthus variety which has delivered staggering results in commercial-scale trials is set to be launched to the public at Cereals…
An economic analysis of Hands Free Hectare is set to provide the first concrete evidence that crop robots will help make UK farmers…
The Metaldehyde Stewardship Group has been unsuccessful in their bid to extend the withdrawal period of metaldehyde slug pellet products. In December, it…
With the ban on UK growers’ favourite slug control method – metaldehyde – coming into force next spring, Soil Association Scotland is inviting…
When it comes to breeding better wheat varieties, often, though we seek to introduce desirable genes that increase yield, these can come along…
The European Parliament’s committee on pesticides has reached the wrong conclusions and disregarded key evidence, a new report concludes. Anthea McIntyre MEP, the…
A company in Finland has developed a new type of zinc and manganese-based fertiliser – made from ordinary, everyday alkaline batteries. The multi-nutrient…
The UK’s approach to weed management investment needs to be overhauled, if the needs of industry are to be met. This was a…
A massive 18,000ha of rapeseed has been destroyed in France due to a risk of contamination with a GMO (genetically modified organism) in…
If your feed ration includes soya beans, there’s a fairly significant chance the seed from which it was grown was developed by South…
Final year Agriculture student Dan Hawes is to have his work on an important aphid crop pest presented at the Aphid Special Interest…
With oilseed rape (OSR) about to enter the critical flowering period, AHDB has restarted its sclerotinia infection risk alerts service for 2019. The…
A second trial into Monsanto’s Roundup product in the US has found that the herbicide was the cause of a man’s cancer in…
A new induction video for fruit-pickers aims to help growers across the UK reduce labour costs and improve safety practices. The video was…
Suffolk arable farmer, Nigel Fellingham, is harvesting his Miscanthus for the first time this spring. The crop is reaching the end of its…
Light leaf spot (LLS) risk has remained relatively low in the UK, according to the spring update of the 2018-19 forecast. Each spring,…
Aphids will start to fly about two weeks earlier than average this year, according to the AHDB Aphid News service. The relatively early…
