N.Ireland
DAERA extends pilot Protein Crop Scheme until 2026
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has announced a further extension of the Northern Ireland pilot Protein...
Arable
Arable
Tillage: It is feasible to undersow forage maize crops with grass?
A trial carried out at Severn Trent’s biogas farm in Nottingham in the UK has confirmed that it is feasible...
Arable
US tillage farming ‘performing well’, despite recent challenges
Co. Laois native, Brian Caldbeck, has confirmed that tillage farming in the United States (US) has performed reasonably well over...
Arable
AHDB: Wheat and barley stocks tight - relative to demand
The Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board (AHDB) is forecasting that UK wheat and barley stocks will remain tight, relative to...
Arable
Independent review of combinable crops assurance to take place
An independent review of assurance in the combinable crops supply chain in the UK is to take place over the...
Arable
Scottish Ploughing Championships to be held in Ayrshire for the second time
This year’s Scottish Ploughing Championships will be held in Ayrshire for the second time ever in its 59-year history. The...
Arable
Ancient tradition sees straw bale return to a London bridge
A bridge in London has a bale of straw suspended over the river Thames as a measure to warn those...
Agri-Business
Farmland remains 'extremely resilient' despite challenges - Strutt & Parker
Strutt & Parker has said farmland is remaining “extremely resilient” despite rising interest rates and a squeeze on farm profitability....
N.Ireland
Irish ploughing team retains world champion titles
In Latvia on Saturday, October 14, two Irish ploughmen maintained their status as world champions at the World Ploughing Contest....
N.Ireland
Potato processer commits £2m towards anaerobic digestion plant
Co. Armagh-based potato packer and processer, Wilson’s Country Ltd., is completing a £2 million investment programme in the development of...
N.Ireland
DNA loops provide clue to herbicide resistance in blackgrass
Blackgrass is a particularly persistent weed of winter wheat. Its success is largely due to widespread, multiple-herbicide resistance. A new...
N.Ireland
Two-thirds of potato crop yet to be harvested
Wilson’s Country is confirming that two-thirds of this year’s potato crop has yet to be harvested around the country. The...
Arable
Harvest 2023: Scottish cereal production to reach 3 million tonnes
Scotland’s chief statistician has released first estimates of the 2023 Scottish harvest – revealing that the total cereal production is...
Agri-Business
Brazil expecting record soya bean harvest
The grain harvest in Brazil for the 2023/24 season could reach an estimated 288 million tonnes (317.5 million tons), according...
N.Ireland
75% of Danish farmers involved in tillage
Tillage is one of the most important sectors within Danish agriculture with 75% of the country’s farmers growing cereal crops....
Agri-Business
Farmers sought to test new GHG emissions-saving app
Researchers from the James Hutton Institute are seeking arable and mixed farmers to help shape a new mobile phone app...
Arable
Harvest 2023: Grain harvest coming to an end - AHDB
The Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board (AHDB) has confirmed that the 2023 grain harvest in Great Britain (GB) is coming...
Arable
Further vessels to export Ukrainian grain via Black Sea
Grain exports from Ukrainian Black Sea ports are continuing with five new vessels currently waiting to be loaded, according to...