Arable
Despite the rain, British potato harvest is 89% complete
British farmers have persevered in the face of adversity to complete 89% of the potato harvest during the wettest year...
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Agri-Business
Grain price: UK exports moving at record pace
There wasn’t much of a shake on grain markets this week as LIFFE, MATIF and CBOT all stayed similar to...
Pig/Poultry
New pork cuts unlock profit from a third of the carcase
Innovative butchery has developed 35 new pork cuts from the front section of the carcase, which accounts for around a...
Arable
Potatoes Next Generation: Applications open at BP2019
AHDB is looking for the next batch of up-and-coming potato professionals to take part in the 2020 Next Generation programme....
Beef
Sexed semen now accounts for almost 1 in 3 UK inseminations
Sexed semen now accounts for almost one in three inseminations in the UK, according to the Agriculture and Horticulture Development...
Agri-Business
Monitor farm trial results to be showcased in one-off AgriScot seminar
Collaboration, sustainability and resilience will be the key themes at a one-off AgriScot seminar as the four-year Monitor Farm Programme...
Arable
Light leaf spot risk highest in central Britain
AHDB’s light leaf spot (LLS) preliminary forecast shows that the disease risk to winter oilseed rape is relatively high across...
Agri-Business
Grain price: Struggling to plant on the continent
Tillage farmers here in Ireland aren’t the only ones struggling to plant this autumn. The problem is reflected across the...
Pig/Poultry
6 UK sites granted approval to ship trotters to China
Six UK sites have been given official approval to export trotters to China in a new agreement announced this week....
Arable
Wheat bulb fly pressure ‘very high’ at some monitoring sites
Wheat bulb fly egg counts are generally low this year, however, the trend has been bucked at some monitoring sites,...
Rural Life
RSABI Great Glen Challenge 2019 raises more than £50,000
RSABI Great Glen Challenge 2019 has raised an amazing £50,710 to support people in Scottish agriculture. The held at the...
Beef
China opens doors to British beef
The Chinese government has finalised details of a historic trade agreement, opening access for the UK beef industry to the...
Agri-Business
2020 Nuffield Farming scholars announced
The recipients of next year’s 19 Nuffield farming scholars have been named. The cohort come from across UK agriculture, food...
Arable
Volunteers needed to catch cereal aphids red-handed
Cereal growers can learn about their fields’ aphid populations if they get involved in a new research project. The work...
Agri-Business
DIT representatives meet to identify new UK agri-food export opportunities
New export opportunities for the UK post-Brexit were explored when a team of delegates from the Department for International Trade...
Agri-Business
Mechanical weeder to be revealed to growers at new plum centre open day
Novel mechanical weeders will be demonstrated to growers at the first Plum Demonstration Centre open day in Kent. The event,...
Agri-Business
UK weeding robot trials show chemical reduction of up to 95%
UK research trials of a new automated weed-killing robot have been able to reduce herbicide usage on crops by up...
Dairy
UK dairy marketing campaign scoops international award
A UK dairy marketing campaign has been recognised as one of the best in the world at the World Dairy Summit...
