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With feed accounting for around 70% of pig production input costs, farmers should consider switching to liquid feeding to significantly reduce overheads and increase performance. Warwickshire based pig farmer, Matthew

ABP’s Port of Ipswich has reported handling a record 12,000 tonne shipment of beans for its customer Glencore Agriculture UK, supporting local farmers and confirming its place as the UK’s

For many growers across the UK, the threat of BYDV is a familiar one, particularly after a very mild 2015 autumn led to some of the worst disease pressure seen

The presence of a further ‘significant’ wheat yellow rust race in the UK has been confirmed by the UK Cereal Pathogen Virulence Survey (UKCPVS).

Three AHDB Recommended Lists (RL) spring barley trials are included in the latest Harvest Results released by AHDB.

Black-grass thrives in wet, waterlogged and poor draining soils, which makes field drainage, compaction and soil conditions top of the list of “watch-outs” this autumn.

Agrochemical company Rotam has reiterated its full commitment to sulfonylurea herbicides (SUs) despite a challenging regulatory environment. With a number of active ingredients (AIs), most notably glyphosate, under threat of

BASF has signed an agreement to acquire significant parts of Bayer’s seed and non-selective herbicide businesses. Bayer intends to divest these assets in the context of its planned acquisition of

In a bid to reduce the amount of nitrates being lost from agricultural land into surface and ground waters, potato growers should visit BP2017 to find out about the environmental

NFU Sugar has outlined its response to news that leading sugar beet harvesting and haulage business, M & J Haulage Ltd has been placed in administration. NFU Sugar, which represents

Forage specialist Germinal is to establish its own research station to spearhead a new programme of trials and development work geared to helping UK farmers improve the production and utilisation

  North Walsham Young Farmers Club in Norfolk has presented a cheque for £3,000 to the East Anglian Air Ambulance. The Club chose the East Anglian Air ambulance as its