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The family owned Claas Group, and one of the world’s largest manufacturers of agricultural machinery, has reported record sales and a substantial increase in profitability for its 2017/2018 financial year.

Limousin heifer ‘Fancy That’ won top honours at the Winter Stock Festival at the East of England Showground in late November/early December. Judge Robin Roberts chose the 18-month-old beast from

The 2019 PGRO Recommended Lists for combining peas, winter and spring beans was outlined by PGRO

The seminars at the recently-held CropTec event covered topics including crop protection, nutrition, breeding and establishment

Scrutton Bland are delighted to announce their appointment as the official insurance partner for Fram Farmers, a national farming cooperative.

All involved in the seed industry must do more to protect the future, said Chris Guest, Chairman of the Agricultural Industries Confederation’s Seed Sector speaking at the Annual AIC Seed Trade Dinner in London.

With silage shortages being felt on many farms after the dry summer, the upcoming Dairy-Tech event (Wednesday 6 February 2019, Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire) will see leading animal nutrition and forage preservation company, Volac, offering timely tips for responding this winter, as well as offering guidance for minimising shortages when making silage in 2019.

Five scientists from the Moredun Research Institute will be at Harper Adams University College on Tuesday 8th January to provide vets, farmers and SQPs with practical disease control briefings on some of the key animal health issues facing the UK sheep and cattle sectors. 

Ambitious plans for the expansion of Argo Tractors operations in France will be underpinned by a new, modern headquarters facility south-east of Lyon.

Five years of in-depth research shows that specialist nutritional seed treatments can substantially improve the performance and profitability of spring cereals.

A flexible variety trialling system that looks beyond headline yields is required by growers and users of cereals and oilseeds in the UK.

New varieties on the AHDB Recommended Lists for cereals and oilseeds (RL) boast remarkable untreated yields.