Author Posts: Farmers Guide

A new online service aimed at capturing farm business issues related to coronavirus has been launched by the NFU.

The team at a North Yorkshire based farm shop are providing customers with an innovative solution to social distancing whilst shopping.

After the continued difficult season, Syngenta is extending the deadline for growers to register for free germination testing of undrilled 2019 seed of its hybrid winter barley varieties that they are having to carry over for planting in autumn 2020.

As the Covid-19 lockdown has sent most of us indoors for the foreseeable, school closures have left parents with children to educate and entertain. Essex farmers Guy and Emily French decided to help out by providing regular educational videos on social media to teach children about farm life.

A recent report from AHDB suggests Vietnam could be a valuable market for UK export, with the country importing around £1.7 billion of red meat, equating to nearly a million tonnes of beef, lamb and pork.

Farming landlords and tenants are being asked to work collaboratively and be compassionate in overcoming disputes during these unprecedented and challenging times.

More than 1500 farmers across Britain overcame challenging conditions to make the 2020 Big Farmland Bird Count (BFBC) the biggest since it launched in 2014.

Sulphur is a vital building block of plant proteins and is a critical component in the delivery of both yield and quality.

With the final use-up date for chlorothalonil rapidly approaching, arable growers in the UK will need to switch to folpet to maintain effective protection against cereal diseases such as septoria in wheat and rhynchosporium and ramularia in barley.

JCB is poised to re-start production at a factory closed as a result of the Coronavirus crisis in order to join the national effort to manufacture ventilators.

Major veterinary groups and animal welfare charities have joined forces to ensure veterinary care can continue under the Covid-19 lockdown.

ADA has set out recommendations in line with Government guidelines to ensure that the landscape and rural communities remain defended during this national emergency.