Author Posts: Farmers Guide

Films showcasing interesting and rewarding careers for young people in agriculture and farming are available on the new Felix Cobbold Trust YouTube channel https://youtu.be/azZuW5dnQGk. The Felix Cobbold Trust has funded

Following a season which saw the lowest average wheat yields in five years, growers are being reminded to do everything they can to reduce the impact of soil-borne disease, take-all,

The autumn light leaf spot (LLS) preliminary forecast, published 24 October 2018, shows that the disease risk to winter oilseed rape (WOSR) is relatively low, reports AHDB.

Case IH is enhancing the robustness of its RTK+ correction signal network by adding the European Galileo system to the compatible satellites with which it works, to maximise levels of

With grain losses due to pest damage costing up to £50/metric tonne farmers are being encouraged to check their stores weekly to protect against insect damage. To provide advice and

Contrary to popular perception that cover crops can further increase slug pressure over the winter period leading to problems with spring crops, a recent trial undertaken by Natural England has

A successful microgranule starter fertiliser already in use on 600,000 hectares overseas will be launched in the UK at CropTec, by Kent-based JS Tech.

Agri-specialist PR and communications business Pinstone has been recognised in the prestigious Amazon backed Rural Business Awards. Pinstone, one of the largest specialist agencies working in the agricultural business sector

Specialist agricultural business finance company UK Agricultural Finance joins a select group of leading alternative finance firms on NatWest’s Capital Connections panel. UK Agricultural Finance is the tenth lender to

PotashpluS, a new fertiliser that delivers both potash and sulphur as well as other essential plant nutrients, is available this autumn for UK farmers. PotashpluS is being produced by ICL

Harvest Results from the 2018 AHDB Recommended Lists (RL) spring barley trials show 15 out of the 18 sites reported have yielded below the long-term average.

It is clear that the 2018 bean crop is of generally lower quality in terms of visual appearance; grain size is generally smaller or particularly variable and especially in the south has