Author Posts: Aleksandra Cupriak

Harvest 2024 was undeniably an interesting but also challenging time for UK farmers. For some of them, like Cambridgeshire farmer Stephen Briggs, harvest had to be put on hold due to equipment theft, but others call the season very “straightforward”. 

Tributes have been paid to a six-year-old boy, Joe Hegarty, who was killed in a quad bike accident on a farm in Northern Ireland.

As harvest is well underway, there are several lessons starting to emerge to explain the variability in wheat yields, said Hutchinsons technical support manager. 

Farming communities have called for “balanced and evidence-based” discussion following backlash on a bovine TB documentary presented by Sir Brian May. 

Cornish beef and sheep farmer James Warwick has shared timely advice on how to improve flock health ahead of tupping.  

The weather upset many cropping plans in 2023/24, with growers understandably keen to get back on track this autumn. However, as farm support shifts further towards crop-specific measures within the SFI, now is an ideal time to review rotation planning, Hutchinsons experts advise.

Farmers have been warned to prepare their farms as Storm Lillian is expected to bring dangerous winds to parts of the United Kingdom. 

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

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

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 and helped the progression of wheat, spring barley and spring oat crops towards harvest, the latest harvest progress report for 2024 confirms. 

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.