Author Posts: Farmers Guide

The Royal Agricultural Benevolent Fund has released £50,000 from its crisis fund as the Environment Agency warns that significant risk of flooding will remain in England for the next few days.

For growers considering their spring cropping in the context of a difficult autumn followed by a wet spring, combining peas top the table of gross margins and are a top choice for the right grower on the right land.

A cheese maker, a hop grower and a sheep farmer are joining forces with other inspiring farmers across the UK to run a series of special regional networking and information events about hosting farm visits for the public.

TV Presenter and farmer Adam Henson is launching #FeedMeTruth on February 20th, a national campaign so children know where the food on their plate has come from.

Waste products from farms could be used to produce a high-energy, low-cost and environmentally-friendly feed for livestock.

Significant populations of grassweeds, including ryegrass and brome, threaten winter wheat yields this year after farmers struggled to implement robust herbicide programmes in the autumn.

Unaware that her post would soon create a media storm, 20-year-old Ffion Hooson of Denbighshire, Wales, wrote a heart-felt plea on Twitter regarding her on-going struggles with farming.

Opening this year’s Norfolk Farming Conference, AHDB chairman Sir Peter Kendall said he believes the industry is facing one of the biggest changes since either the first or the second agricultural revolution, and his message was a tough one.

Tickets are now on sale for Cereals 2020, with early bird prices of just £15 and group discounts available.

In a normal season, spring weed control is a case of mopping up odd weeds that have come through a hefty autumn stack of residual herbicides. But 2019 wasn’t a normal year, with the autumn cereals that did get planted often receiving less residual herbicides than usual, and what was applied has been under deluge from the winter rain, making it vital that growers have an effective weed control plan for early spring.

Farmers growing winter oilseed rape will have a new broad-leaf weed herbicide at their disposal this spring in the form of Korvetto from Corteva Agriscience.

Grain marketing is a key aspect of any arable business, yet getting the best out of it can be tricky. That’s why the Cereals Event has introduced a new feature