N.Ireland
John Nix Pocketbook discusses 2023 financial outlook
The John Nix Pocketbook provides British farmers with a clear business insight into the challenges they face and opportunities they...
Arable
Agri Politics
Jayawardena commits £12.5m to high-tech horticulture
Environment Secretary Ranil Jayawardena has today (Tuesday, October 11) announced £12.5 million in funding for automation and robotics through the...
Arable
Levity appoints new technical consultant
Levity Crop Science, the Lancashire-based ‘smart’ fertiliser company, has announced the appointment of Charlie Bannister as technical consultant. Bannister will...
World News
Russian farmers may be called on to fight in war - Putin
In a meeting yesterday (Tuesday, September 27), Russian president Vladimir Putin said that Russian farmers may be called on to...
Arable
Survey: High input costs accelerate uptake of agtech
Soaring costs of farm inputs, including fertiliser, crop protection products and labour, are accelerating the adoption of agtech among US...
Arable
NFU: Over 130,000 school children sign up to harvest festival
The National Farmers’ Union (NFU) Education team will provide first-hand experience of harvest time to more than 130,000 students as...
N.Ireland
Is converting grassland to tillage unsustainable?
Converting farms from grassland to tillage would lead to regular crop failures, according to recent research. This research involved an...
N.Ireland
CAFRE: Use stale seed beds to get on top of grass weeds
College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) agronomist Leigh McLean is advising the use of stale seed beds to...
Arable
NRM appoints new company agronomist
NRM has appointed Dr. Sajjad Awan as its new company agronomist to strengthen its technical team. He will join Alli...
N.Ireland
Research: Bee diversity needed to maintain crop pollination
Rutgers University in the US, has conducted the first study showing how bee diversity is needed to maintain crop yields...
Arable
CAFRE reviews grain drying costs
Grain drying has not been an issue for most cereal farmers up to this point. However, these circumstances might change...
Arable
Sale of peat to amateur gardeners to be banned in England
The sale of peat and peat-containing products to amateur gardeners in England will be banned in 2024, the government has...
Arable
Take-all: The main yield-robber this year in Co. Down
Take-all has had a major impact on both winter wheat and barley yields this year, according to Co. Down cereal...
Arable
Research shows alcohol can help plants survive drought
Plants that are treated with ethanol – a scientific term for ordinary alcohol – can develop a tolerance to drought...
N.Ireland
Oilseed rape not a solution to soil compaction problems
Many growers might think that oilseed rape, with its long tap root, is an answer to the problems caused by...
Agri-Business
Strawberry research farm to play role in tackling food production issues
The University of Lincoln’s 200ha Riseholme Campus strawberry research farm is using AI and robotics to find solutions to key...
Arable
AHDB recommended list winter barley trials results varied
The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) is reporting a series of generally disappointing results from its 2021/2022 Recommended List (RL)...
Arable
Wheat yields: England, Scotland, Wales range 8.2-8.6t/ha
The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) is reporting winter wheat yields for GB to be in the range 8.2-8.6t/ha....