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Farmers, landowners and groundsmen are asked to be on the lookout for field scale irrigation equipment they see being moved or stored in unusual circumstances following a major theft of

  Kuhn Farm Machinery has updated its range of VB variable chamber round balers by making two popular models, the VB 3160 and VB 3190, available as non-Isobus compatible versions. 

Held on the 19th August at Newton in Nottinghamshire, the third ‘Rachel’s Harvest’ took place and, to date, has raised nearly £15,000 to top up the £53,000 already raised for

BASF has increased supply of Crystal to better meet demand from many UK growers who need to make the best possible start to their black-grass control programmes this season.

A leading light and well-known influencer of the UK fertiliser industry has sadly passed away at the age of 43 following a short illness. Adam Thwaites was head of fertiliser

British Sugar and NFU Sugar have announced their agreement on sugar beet contract terms for 2019/20. 

With the Bury St Edmunds and Wissington sugar beet factories scheduled to open on the 26th September for the 2018/19 harvesting campaign, British sugar has also announced that the Newark

The average yield of control varieties in the 15 AHDB winter wheat trials stands at 11.12t/ha, just 0.23t/ha below the five-year average of 11.35t/ha.

As the highest-yielding quality wheat in AHDB trials this year, KWS Siskin is demonstrating its potential to deliver outstanding gross margin returns, says plant breeding company KWS. With data from

Think before rushing in to drill winter wheat after the early harvest and following some recent rainfall, farmers are being urged.

As scientists report that the unseasonably hot weather that has seen the UK bask in the hottest summer for 40 years could last until 2022, one wheat breeder is urging growers to consult results from this year’s variety trials before switching varieties.

Syngenta has extended its popular Nozzle Offer on 90% drift reduction technology (DRT) for pre-emergence herbicide application this season, to now include an 03 orifice option, alongside the highly successful