Author Posts: Farmers Guide

Bayer has decided to stop sales of the potato seed treatment Monceren (pencycuron) with immediate effect due to the uncertain regulatory future of the product, and the potential consequences for

United Utilities has re-launched its slug pellet offer for farmers after a surprise decision by the High Court overturned a ban on pellets containing the chemical metaldehyde. The water company

For those who have opted to delay drilling their wheats this season, be it for black-grass management, being in a second wheat situation, for those who are drilling wheat after

The latest harvest results from AHDB show that the average treated yield of spring barley control varieties (8.11 t/ha) is above the five-year average (7.61 t/ha).

Cereal growers can learn about their fields’ aphid populations, if they get involved in a new research project.

A dairy farm in East Devon has set up a milk vending machine to help reconnect consumers with their food and where it comes from.

The LAMMA show is set to build on its reputation as the UK’s largest agricultural event dedicated to showcasing innovation when it returns to its new permanent indoor venue at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham next January.

John Deere has launched its next generation of self-propelled sprayers, manufactured at the company’s Horst factory in The Netherlands.

Welsh farmers are urging the public to embrace wool as an environmentally-friendly alternative to polyester clothing.

Some winter oilseed rape may already have 10% of the crop affected by phoma, according to the leaf spot forecast for the disease.

eyeSpot uses cameras to target individual weeds in vegetable fields and apply precise herbicide droplets with an ejector. This accurately fires treatment to the individual leaves of each weed, according to AHDB.

The ChickenStress European Training Network has received £3.5 million in investment from the EU Marie Curie Fund.