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Just like St. Patrick’s Day marks the ideal spring barley sowing season here in the UK and Ireland, many US farmers aim to…
AHDB has named the two English horticulture businesses which will become the UK’s first Strategic SmartHort Centres. Lincolnshire based propagators, Volmary Ltd., and Herefordshire…
AHDB is currently seeking nominations of outstanding individuals for two prestigious potato industry awards, which will be presented at this year’s National Potato…
Researchers at the John Innes Centre in the UK have developed wheat with a high-iron content. The wheat is genetically modified and the…
The findings of new AHDB-funded research have shown there is significant potential to produce verticillium disease ratings as part of the Recommended List…
A five-year field trial to investigate the performance of plants making heart-healthy oils has been approved by Defra. The department has given Rothamsted…
AHDB has launched a three-year research programme to revolutionise understanding and improve the control of downy mildew and late blight in horticultural crops…
A new mushroom grower group, aiming to solve future industry challenges has been formed by delegates at the 2019 AHDB Mushroom Conference. The…
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced that it “continues to find that there are no risks to public health when glyphosate…
Organic certifier OF&G (Organic Farmers and Growers) has joined forces with a global accreditor in a bid to expand export markets for British…
Following the tough 2018 growing season, the latest estimates from the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) show British potato stock levels were…
Research at Rothamsted has examined how fungal cell surface receptors – which work a bit like the taste receptors on tongues – help…
A local mindset is central to business for Hale Village tenant farmer Bill Webb – one of the latest recruits to AHDB’s Monitor…
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…
