Author Posts: Farmers Guide

Dairy farmers are being advised that switching protein sources to British wheat distillers could save a 300 cow herd over £830 per month1. “Protein plays a critical role in driving

British Sugar and NFU Sugar have announced their agreement on sugar beet contract terms for 2018/19. This year the new beet contract will continue to offer both one year and three year contracts, each with market-linked bonus elements. 

Suzuki ATV celebrated a successful year at the 177th Royal Highland Show last week. With dry weather, the show saw a record-breaking 190,000 visitors flocking to the showground over the four-day

  Taking delivery of his 100th Richard Western machine is Simon Williams of SW Hire (middle), with Darren Halliwell of supplying dealer Claas Western (right) and Mike Murray (left), of

Identifying the varieties best-suited to your local market and farm situation can be a major challenge. There is much to consider and market demand varies from region to region. With

Winter wheat variety LG Motown is set to interest those growers who are looking for a new early maturing wheat with high yields, says breeder Limagrain UK. LG Motown is

High yields coupled with distilling potential and early maturity are set to make new soft Group 4 winter feed wheat variety, Savello, being launched for this autumn, a strong contender

After five years of decline, the national winter oilseed rape area is set to stabilise this autumn at just over 550,000ha, according to the latest annual winter OSR Planting Intentions

Take-all is endemic to British soils, posing a major risk to farmers growing second and subsequent wheats, equating to yield losses of up to 4t/ha.

Modern arable farming means black-grass is posing an increasing threat to growers in the west of the country where historically it was less of a problem. Therefore, it has never

  Kubota is joining forces with A M Phillip Agritech Ltd, one of Scotland’s leading suppliers of farming solutions, in an exciting new partnership that further expands Kubota UK’s agricultural

  The new ‘Active’ version of the Landini 6 Series Roboshift four-cylinder tractor range made its UK debut at the Royal Highland Show on the Landini stand. Distributor AgriArgo UK