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The 2020 AHDB Planting and Variety Survey has revealed a large swing to spring cropping due to poor autumn conditions. Wheat plantings have…
A farmer in Ashburton, New Zealand has achieved the highest wheat yield in the World for the second time. Eric Watson produced a…
Sugar beet growers across the UK are set to receive a market-linked bonus later this year, after EU average sugar prices hit the…
The UK planted area for potatoes has held up despite a turbulent season for growers. The figures suggest a minimal impact from the coronavirus…
News was mixed this week. The increase in price of US corn was welcome as low-priced corn has been shown to decimate prices…
Scientists at the University of East Anglia have helped find a way to control different plant processes – such as when they grow…
The firm behind one of the UK’s most-loved berry drinks – Lucozade Ribena Suntory (LRS) – has invested over half a million pounds…
An online meeting will give an update of an innovative project exploring the possibility of growing organic oilseed rape (canola) in Scotland. Scotland’s…
Farmdroid is one of the latest robots to hit the farming world and it’s an impressive machine. Powered by solar panels it can…
AHDB has launched a new mobile phone app to provide a powerful and pint-sized way to deliver some of the industry’s most useful…
Leicestershire family-ran cordial producer Belvoir Fruit Farms has announced it has already surpassed its target of fresh elderflowers just two weeks into its…
A new technology in the US means that corn farmers and seed producers can now use a pocket-sized moisture metre in the field…
High Erucic Acid Rape (HEAR) is a crop of oilseed rape grown for its end use in industry, mainly in the manufacturing of…
A new generation of Contract Farming Agreements designed to maximise flexibility are likely to emerge in response to changes in government support, according…
Seven new Monitor Farms join AHDB’s Farm Excellence programme this summer to improve business performance and share best practice. They join a network…
Amy Reynolds of the International Grains Council (IGC) stated that demand uncertainty could be one of the main factors affecting grain markets in…
The National Farmers’ Union is asking the government and supply chains for greater transparency around the standards associated with imported grain as the…
East of Scotland Growers (ESG) has joined AHDB’s Farm Excellence programme as the new Strategic Centre for field vegetable crops in Scotland. A…
