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Following a surge in demand for urea fertiliser products, the agronomy firm Hutchinsons issued a reminder to farmers about the safe handling and storage of urea.

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has led to a significant rise in input costs for both the livestock and arable sectors in the UK, hitting livestock gross margins particularly hard due to the high cost of feed, the new Farm Management Handbook shows.

The National Drought Group’s projections suggest the current dry conditions may be here to stay beyond spring next year, and preparations must begin now to prevent water shortages impacting agriculture and livelihoods across the country.

A recent review published by the Tenancy Working Group has outlined recommendations on how the government, tenants and landlords can work together to remove the barriers to a productive and resilient tenant farming sector.

Following three years of research, the AHBD added three new maternal estimated breeding values (EBVs) to the National Beef Evaluations (NBE) database to help breeders select for traits.

At an online event hosted by Trinity Global Farm Pioneers, expert speakers discussed how agroforestry and biodiversity can help drive agricultural production and explored the barriers to uptake among farmers. Henrietta Szathmary writes.

In response to rising cost pressures in the sector, Noble Foods has announced a price increase of six pence per dozen eggs for all its free-range and organic producers to demonstrate its commitment to “putting producers first”.

The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) is calling for the input of rural communities and businesses via a formal inquiry to help ascertain whether the countryside is being disproportionately affected by the cost-of-living crisis.

With OSR drilled in early August already reaching phoma thresholds, farmers should be vigilant and monitor their crops for the first signs of the disease, said ADAS plant pathologist Philip Walker.

British lamb was shipped to the United States for the first time in over two decades last week, opening up a market worth £37 million in the first five years of trade to the UK sheep industry.

The well-deserving recipients of the NFU’s 2022 Farming Champions of the Year award were the farmers of Ukraine, who have continued food production in the face of the horrifying challenges of the Russian invasion.

In an effort to promote the sustainable control of liver fluke (Fasciola hepatica) in grazing livestock, levy bodies joined forces to produce a manual with expert guidance on how to best keep this destructive parasite at bay.