Author Posts: Aleksandra Cupriak

South East: Around 40 sheep taken leaving farmer worried about their welfare and financial hit

Around 40 sheep were stolen from a farm in the South East, leaving the farmer “heartbroken”. 

£7.5m investment aims to improve fertiliser supply in northern England and southern Scotland

Origin Fertilisers and the Port of Tyne have announced a £7.5 million combined investment in a new fertiliser facility. 

Frontier Agriculture acquires Fengrain’s assets following five-year partnership 

Crop production and grain marketing business Frontier Agriculture has acquired the assets of Fengrain Ltd. following a five-year relationship. 

Warm and dry weather has supported harvest progress over the past fortnight

Warm and dry weather has supported harvest progress over the past fortnight and helped the progression of wheat, spring barley and spring oat crops towards harvest, the latest harvest progress report for 2024 confirms. 

Sugar beet campaign start dates announced for 2024/25

As this year’s sugar beet harvest approaches, British Sugar has just shared details of the campaign start dates for each of its four factories.  

Plans for £8.5m solar farm in New Forest approved despite concerns

Plans for an £8.5 million solar farm to be built in New Forest have been approved despite objections from the residents. 

Potato growers advised to disinfect stores ahead of harvest

On top of basic hygiene measures, potato growers are being urged to disinfect stores with peroxyacetic acid, applied as a wet fog, to reduce the carry-over of damaging diseases ahead of this year’s harvest.

Jeremy Clarkson announced the name of his new pub 

The star of Clarkson’s Farm, Jeremy Clarkson, has just announced the name of his newly-purchased pub that will open this weekend.

Andrew embarks on 500-mile tractor road trip with message for farmers to ‘harvest’ their prostate health

Former military armed forces and NHS paramedic Andrew Gibson from Chipping Sodbury near Bristol embarks on a 500-mile tractor road trip following his stage 4 prostate cancer diagnosis. 

11 fire engines tackled barn fire in Derbyshire

11 fire engines were called to a huge barn fire on a farm in Shirland, Derbyshire. 

English farms are a step closer to growing gene-edited cereals

A project that brings trials of precision-bred cereal crops onto commercial farms in Europe is now underway, researchers confirm.

Kuhn increases longevity of standard plough points

Kuhn Farm Machinery has just announced that its mid-range Olympic plough points have been redesigned to offer a 30% increase in longevity. The company said that it will help users running genuine Kuhn parts to increase the service life from their wearing metal.  

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