6 December 2022 UK plant breeders support transparency on precision breeding techniques Nigel Moore: Science for Sustainable Agriculture As members of the House of Lords prepare to…
7 January 2022 Bradshaw criticises Government for failing to give dates for future farming support scheme NFU Vice President Tom Bradshaw has criticsed the the Government for the lack of information…
10 May 2021 Another unusual Spring for Scottish growers By Donald Paterson, Agronomist at farmer co-op, Scottish Agronomy Following an exceptionally dry Spring in…
11 March 2021 Study highlights flaws in crop IP system The decades-old intellectual property system for new crop and plant varieties may no longer be fit for purpose, according…
13 October 2020 Do not forget the threat of Phoma Yorkshire-based trainee technical manager and agronomist, Chris Dickinson, provides support to customers and colleagues country-wide…
12 October 2020 Time to diversify my portfolio As many maybe considering, Joe Stanley plans to drop oilseed rape in favour of a…
5 October 2020 Fallacy of ‘income foregone’ payments for new ELMS revealed Basing new Environmental Land Management Scheme (ELMS) payments on the age-old income foregone formula is…
21 September 2020 Autumn 2020 seed treatment decisions for Scottish growers Eric Anderson, Scottish Agronomy Faced with Covid-19 related contraction of demand for spring barley and…
8 September 2020 Who do you think you are kidding Mr Johnson? Andrew Brown is a Rutland farmer born and bred. The farm is 60% arable and…
11 May 2020 Lets talk about social distancing At the end of February well over 1000 NFU members all gathered in Birmingham for…