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Agronomist and Arable Farmer January 4th 2022
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NFU president Minette Batters has highlighted the role of British farming in 2022 in her new year message, promoting the role farm businesses being profitable will play in the future of the industry. She said: "The next 12 months could lay the foundations for a thriving food and farming sector where we are competitive both at home and abroad. If …
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New measures proposed by the Government could bring relief to farmers suffering from illegal hare coursing. Following lobbying by the NFU and other rural organisations demonstrating the violence and intimidation that hare coursing has inflicted on farmers and rural communities, as well as the impact it has on wild hare populations, the government has now tabled its own amendments to …
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With the launch of ELMS and a greater focus on managing crop nutrition more effectively and efficiently, Yara has announced an upgrade to their nutrient management tool, which can be found within the Atfarm digital tool. On a recent “Grow the Future” podcast, Natalie Wood, Agronomy Operations Manager at Yara, outlined what these changes mean for farmers and what steps …
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NFU Sugar has criticised the government’s decision to extend its 260,000 tonne tariff-free quota for raw cane sugar imports for another three years, which will continue to allow imports of sugar produced in ways that would be illegal in the UK. Michael Sly, chair of NFU Sugar, warns that this extension, coupled with the complete liberalisation of sugar in the …
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As Christmas comes closer, Agronomist & Arable Farmer brings you the gift of a brand-new episode of our monthly podcast, Arable Chat. In this month’s episode, John Swire, Agronomist & Arable Farmer editor, is joined by guests Jonathan Gill, Mechatronics & UAS Researcher at Hands Free Farm at Harper Adams to talk about the Hands-Free Tractor, Hands Free Farm and …
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