Author Posts: Farmers Guide

Despite September 2016 being warm growers are being advised to check OSR crops for phoma. The ‘Indian summer’ has seen much of the country bask in warm sunshine but there

Harvest results from farms around England in 2016 have shown winter feed wheat variety Reflection delivered some impressive yields in its first year, despite a season of intense disease pressure,

The UK government’s own projections expect solar and wind power to be cheaper than nuclear power by the time Hinkley Point C is completed (as reported in an article in

Glencore Grain is to launch a new animal feed products marketing business in the UK, providing feed compounders and manufacturers with direct access to the company’s huge global resource of

Muntons, one of the UK’s leading producers of malt for brewing and food manufacturing uses, has appointed the farmer-owned grain co-operative Openfield Agriculture as one of its two newly created

Plans to stage a national dairy joint show in September have fallen through as Holstein UK – the UK’s leading dairy industry support organisation – has been unable to reach

‘Use it or lose it’ is the clear message for livestock farmers with unusually abundant grass covers as we move into autumn. According to Helen Mathieu of forage experts Germinal

Following the latest forage update, experts are warning that crude protein levels in this year’s silage crops are two percent lower than target, which could impact livestock performance if the

Experts from OPICO will be on hand at the Croptec event to give advice on the innovative Sky drill range, particularly helpful for growers considering how to move forward with

Prioritising herbicide applications on newly drilled grass leys this autumn will be more effective than waiting until the spring and hold potential saving for farmers. The control of seedling weeds

As farmers look to harvest their maize crops, attention to detail will pay dividends, guaranteeing a good looking crop in the field and resulting in a quality silage in the

Weetabix Food Company has released a range of limited edition ‘first harvest’ packs to mark the first of its ‘Yellow Box’ cereals to contain crop from Harvest 2016. Weetabix’s exclusive range