Author Posts: Farmers Guide

Even in times of low disease pressure late season fungicide programmes need to be well planned and timely is the advice from Hutchinsons technical director David Ellerton.

Richard Harris, a 26-year-old agronomist from Bartholomews, has been awarded the prestigious BASIS Barrie Orme Shield for excelling in the Certificate in Crop Protection.

Entries for the competitive livestock and equine classes are strong ahead of the 2019 Royal Cornwall Show which takes place at Wadebridge on 6 – 8 June.

The British Free Range Egg Producers Association (BFREPA) is calling for nominations for Britain’s most cracking companies and individuals in the free range egg sector.

Today, Associated British Ports (ABP), in partnership with national grain, seed and fertiliser company COFCO International UK, hosted an official ceremony to unveil a new fertiliser blending and bagging plant at the Port of Ipswich.

Brexit could reduce competition within the agricultural supply sector and ultimately lead to UK farming businesses paying more for the essential inputs they need to operate, leading UK farmers’ cooperative Fram Farmers warns.

An original script and handmade costumes helped Eardisley YFC steal the show at The National Federation of Young Farmers’ Clubs’ (NFYFC) Performing Arts final, sponsored by Isuzu UK.

Bean growers have a better chance to control bruchid beetle this season, but may need to start control programmes earlier and protect crops for longer if there’s another long hot summer.

Winter oilseed rape crops are flowering giving the familiar pretty patchwork effect across the country, but BASF Agronomy Managers have been taking a close look in the crops to see if it is as good as it looks.

The NFU has joined other organisations from across the livestock sector to urge farmers to think carefully about importing animals from areas that are known to be infected with bluetongue (BTV) virus.

If proposals in Defra’s Clean Air Strategy are adopted, covering slurry will be a requirement in England from 2027.

Mental health support for rural areas will become ever more important as the farming industry comes up against some of its greatest challenges, NFU Vice President Stuart Roberts has said today.