Author Posts: Sarah Kidby

This year, growers will once again be invited to the forage and energy maize demonstration days at KWS’s Lydney headquarters in Gloucestershire, after the annual events were replaced with a virtual tour for 2020.

Bedfordshire Fire Control has confirmed it rescued a male casualty from the silo in Milton Ernest, following a rescue mission that lasted hours.

Business is booming at a historic Winchcombe farm, as a result of a new partnership that offers free social media expertise for small businesses.

Farmers and the wider public are being urged to remain vigilant as credit card scams have been circulating in Pembrokeshire.

GB finished pig prices fell again in the latest week, with weaker EU prices and staffing difficulties at processors adding downward pressure to domestic prices.

Recent proposals to plug the industry’s workforce gap with prisoners and ex-offenders, should not be seen as a “quick fix”, the British Meat Processors Association (BMPA) has said.

From autumn, the TB Advisory Service (TBAS), which offers free biosecurity advice, will be available to all farmers in England who keep livestock susceptible to TB, rather than just those in high risk and edge areas.

One of the largest single-manufacturer private tractor collections has come to the market through Kivells’ machinery team.

With the hire cost of a replacement combine potentially reaching upwards of £70,000 for a high-capacity machine, it is essential to ensure your insurance policy offers adequate cover in case of fire, to avoid a serious hit to your harvest.

Complaints about the AHDB’s ‘We Eat Balanced’ advertising campaign have not been upheld by the Advertising Standards Authority.

The NFU said it is pleased Defra has made changes to some proposals based on evidence supplied, but is disappointed that other areas are not more ‘meaningfully welfare-focused’.

More must be done to improve farm safety, the British workplace regulator has said, following a spate of farm fatalities.