Agri-Business
Cut flower research centre remit to include crop protection
Funding for The Cut Flower Centre has been confirmed for a further five years, with a broadened remit to research...
Arable
Arable
Trials find Sulphur response lower than expected
Sulphur (S) experiments conducted on winter oilseed rape have revealed that current recommendations do not the significant uplift anticipated by...
Arable
MPs see first-hand 'appalling waste' on Scotland's fields of rotting fruit
A band of brave Westminster Scottish Affairs Committee members have taken to Scotland’s fields to give fruit picking a go...
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Calls for retailers to back vegetable growers as drought continues
The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) is calling on supply chain partners, including big and small retailers, to support local growers...
Agri-Business
Scottish growers say they fear a 'second season where harvest will go unpicked'
Scottish growers say they fear a second successive season where crops will go unpicked due to extreme labour shortages. National Farmers’...
Arable
98% of Northern Ireland soils inadequately analysed
‘Soil Health’ is a relatively new term that is being discussed more and more by farmers, growers, agronomists and researchers....
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New, yield-breaking hybrid barley variety available in the UK this autumn
A new, hybrid winter feed barley that has raised the bar for UK treated yield on the Agriculture and Horticulture...
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'Trailblazing' agri-robotics trial launched in Lincolnshire
An international agri-robotics project based in Lincoln, which has been described by the Government as ‘trailblazing’, is set to revolutionise...
Environment
How agronomists are helping water companies plan ahead
Water companies are calling for more agronomists’ support on the back of the success of the metaldehyde campaign ‘Get Pelletwise!’...
Arable
3 weeks without rain: How tech is helping one Perthshire potato farmer hold up
After three weeks without rainfall, AHDB’s Strategic Potato (SPot) Farm Scotland Open Day took place on the light loams of...
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#YourHarvest campaign urges MPs to visit a farm
The NFU will urge MPs to pledge to visit a farm over harvest at the Westminster launch of its ‘#YourHarvest’...
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£1.2 million research project to breed disease and weather resilient crops
The Harper Adams University Fresh Produce Research Centre (FPRC) and University of Warwick Crop Centre have recently been jointly awarded...
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UK farmers venture to Sweden to to learn about precision farming
UK farmers on a two-day study tour to Sweden found that they are ahead of the game when it comes...
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Strategic Farm water trials have ‘helped me sleep at night’
Trials on water use completed at Elveden Farms as part of the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) Farm Excellence...
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First major cross-sector review of weed control measures announced
Two major British agricultural research organisations have issued a joint call for a review of weed control in UK cropping...
Arable
'Organic sector needs to rethink how it engages with farmers'
The British organic sector needs to change the way it engages with farmers, consumers and policymakers if the huge opportunities...
Agri-Business
Spring Barley sees a boost while area of wheat planted continues to decline
The area of wheat planted in Great Britain has continued to decline while the area of spring barley planted last...
Arable
Oilseed rape area increases for the first time in 7 years
The area of oilseed rape planted in England and Scotland has increased for the first time in seven years – up...
