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AHDB Guidance to help with new rules for water
From 2 April 2018 all farmers in England will need to meet new government rules to protect water quality. The farming…
Environment
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Free sprayer and pelleter checks, courtesy of United Utilities
United Utilities is offering farmers, located in qualifying River Dee catchments, free MOTs and maintenance for their sprayers and slug…
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Suffolk farms win prestigious Operation Pollinator Awards
Two Suffolk farmers have won prestigious Operation Pollinator Green Headland Awards, for their environmental work to promote farm biodiversity and…
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Farmers wanted for worm count
Are there 100 volunteer farmers with 60 minutes on their hands to survey their fields this Spring and record earthworm…
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Time to get on top of 2018 EFA calculations
Farmers are advised to start the process of measuring and mapping any features they intend to use to meet their…
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Sustainably improving potato gross margins
In light of new water quality regulations, which will be introduced by Defra on 2 April 2018, farmers are being…
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Soil cannot halt climate change
Long-term field experiments at Rothamsted Research, dating back as far as 1843, prove that modern carbon emissions cannot be locked…
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Positive results for catchment management approach
Farmer’s awareness of water quality issues have improved year-on-year, according to research undertaken by Promar on behalf of Severn Trent…
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WaterSafe warning to use approved plumbers after ‘pink water’ costs firm thousands
Homeowners and businesses are being urged to use the national WaterSafe directory to find approved plumbers after a fruit farm…
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What can conventional farmers learn from the organic sector?
In farming, the conventional and organic world might not seem the easiest bedfellows, but they met in peace for a…