Red Tractor appoints new Combinable Crops and Sugar Beet Sector chair
Kit Papworth is the newly appointed chair of the Red Tractor Combinable Crops and Sugar…
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Advice for maize growers: harvest early before too much crop is lost to the heat and drought
The independent silage and microbiologist Dr David Davies is telling maize growers that ‘waiting until…
National potato supplier donates one million meals to charity food network
UK potato supplier Branston has hit the one million mark with the number of meals…
FarmDroid wins gold award and Dr Alban Davies Trophy at the Royal Welsh Show
At the Royal Welsh Show in July, the burgeoning FarmDroid robot was recognised by the…
Agflation is more than double agricultural outputs, as grain prices fall
The Andersons Centre is an agricultural, rural and food sector business management consultancy firm, and…
Bayer receives regulatory authorisation for the use of Caligula in sugar beet crops
Bayer Crop Science’s foliar fungicide Caligula has been authorised by the Chemicals Regulation Division (CRD)…
Government infrastructure plans proposes huge changes for rural areas
The Central Association of Agricultural Valuers (CAAV) say that the government has earmarked £640 billion…
Farming charity RABI selected as Charity of the Year finalist
The Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution (RABI) has been nationally recognised for its support of the…
UK water security is being neglected by politicians, says NFU president
With the recent hot weather and lack of rainfall, concerns are building for farming as…
Simple and rapid OSR light leaf spot test to be available from September
The bio-tech company Microgenetics has developed the SwiftDetect light leaf spot disease for oilseed rape…