Author Posts: Farmers Guide

Syngenta’s Farm Sprayer Operator of the Year (FSOOTY) award aims to reward the country’s top sprayer operators, while sharing tips and best practice that could help operators enhance their results and protect the environment.

“UK sugar beet growers need more than ever to focus on their costs of production.” says Nik Johnson of JSE Systems in Lincolnshire.

Led by researchers from Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC), the ‘Grass to Gas’ project will use scientific and industry expertise to measure feed efficiency and methane emissions.

Farmers with autumn calving herds are urged to be ‘coccidiosis aware’ during the high-risk period three to four weeks post-calving – particularly in mild, damp weather.

A farmer who raised more than £50,000 for mental health charities has died, his family have announced.

Patrick Joice, also known as ‘the naked farmer’, helped to run a fundraising cricket match in Norfolk earlier this year, with the proceeds going to the You Are Not Alone (YANA) project for farmers.

Wet and warm autumn weather is keeping the risk of blowfly strike higher than this time last year, according to the latest update from Nadis and Elanco.

Ten leading drill manufacturers are taking part in a Farmacy trial in Lincolnshire to see how different machines perform when growing cover crops in the rotation.

Back in the spring, Limagrain UK’s arable technical manager Ron Granger challenged the perception that hard feed wheats have higher yields and quality over soft wheats.

Farmers are being urged to fully understand the legal implications of drone use and seek training ahead of new 2020 regulations.

The National Sheep Association (NSA) has hit back at claims that vegan diets and alternative ways of managing land are the answer to global warming.

The Grow Your Own Potatoes (GYOP) competition, organised by AHDB, aims to teach children about where their food comes from and how it grows.

A delegation of Chinese government officials arrived in the UK last week for a 10-day visit, which ended today (25 September).