Author Posts: Sarah Kidby

The UK is facing its most significant avian influenza risk to date.

The LAMMA Show has confirmed it will move its dates from 11-12th January to 4-5th May in response to the escalating Omicron situation.

A grant is available for award-winning ozone disinfection technology that promises to offer a safer, more effective and more environmentally friendly solution – with benefits for milk quality, mastitis rates and money-saving.

UK farming organisations have hit out at the deal, claiming there is “extremely little” to benefit British farmers.

The AHDB board has said it is ‘no longer appropriate’ to continue providing annual seed corn funding now that Red Tractor is financially established and self-sustaining.

With the highest septoria resistance rating for a milling wheat, Mayflower shows serious promise, says independent seed breeder Elsoms Seeds.

The National Pig Association is calling for everyone in the supply chain to take responsibility.

The surge in fertiliser prices has created a ‘financial nightmare’ for farmers and growers.

Maize plant breeder KWS has launched a new hybrid variety for 2022 that combines high yields with excellent standing power and harvest flexibility.

As the world battles the new Omicron variant, Agritechnica organisers have announced that the world-leading machinery exhibition will now not take place until 2023.

Defra has confirmed more cases of highly pathogenic H5N1 in Lincolnshire and South Derbyshire, as well as new outbreaks elsewhere in the UK.

Over £6,000 has been raised for Staffordshire Young Farmers Clubs and Midlands Air Ambulance.