Author Posts: Farmers Guide

An online soil guide aiming to become the world’s most comprehensive resource to help farmers improve soil health and increase the efficiency and profitability of their businesses has been launched.

Keeping the rumen workers happy as we switch silage clamps or from one cut to another, or change the forage mix in the diet, plays a crucial role in maintaining output and keeping cows fit and healthy. 

UK agricultural tractor registrations remained well above their level a year before in January.

New polling by YouGov shows that Britons value farmers more than any other country.

A cross-industry taskforce is calling for UK oilseed rape growers to join an ambitious on-farm monitoring and trials programme in the war against cabbage stem flea beetle.

John Deere is extending its pause on trade fair presence and has announced that it will not attend Agritechnica in Hannover, Germany.

Pest control expert and Dealey managing director Martin Cobbald says when it comes to insect pests, temperature is key.

Following the ongoing uncertainties surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, AgriBriefing, the owners of the LAMMA show, have taken the difficult decision to cancel LAMMA 2021 on 25th-26th May at the NEC.

As environmental concerns rise up the agenda, the CCC publishes a sixth carbon budget, including recommended steps for agriculture.

Grazing livestock on winter cereals could help aid soil biology, allow for earlier drilling dates, control pests and diseases and influence yield potential, according to recent results from a trial carried out on a mixed farming enterprise in Angus.

Before there was Rolls-Royce, Marks & Spencer, or Typhoo Tea, there was Germain’s Fruit and Produce Company—a business that has adapted and persevered to celebrate its milestone 150th anniversary in 2021.

The Grow Your Own Potatoes (GYOP) Programme will go ahead as planned in 2021 with the support of the potato industry.