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NFU appoints Director for new Brexit Unit

The NFU has appointed a new director to lead its newly created Brexit Unit as the organisation moves to strengthen and extend its political reach in the wake of the

Effective grass weed elimination for later drilled wheat

The most effective elimination of black-grass and rye-grass immediately ahead of crop emergence is crucial in taking full advantage of the golden opportunity delayed wheat drilling offers in managing these

Harvest Results – 26th September

Harvest Results are now available from 18 AHDB Recommended Lists (RL) spring barley trials.

Increase in field bean and combining pea areas

A significant 5% increase in the 2016 field bean area, plus a substantial 18% increase in the combining pea area in the Defra June Survey, underlines the fact that the

Rare collectors’ items at vintage auction

Cheffins Cambridge Vintage Sale at Sutton, near Ely on the 15th October 2016 will showcase a number of the world’s most unusual classic cars, motorcycles, tractors and steam engines, available

Farm education awards open for entry

Applications are open for the eighth joint Bayer and Farming and Countryside Education Bayer / FACE Awards, which celebrate the great work that farmers and those involved in agriculture do

Hit black-grass hard in OSR

With such high levels of black-grass in oilseed rape crops this autumn, growers are being advised to use the most effective herbicides in sequence to get on top of the

Surveys suggest Clearfield could take 15 per cent of 2017 OSR area

Views on the value of Clearfield herbicide tolerant technology have been sought from farmers and agronomists in two surveys conducted by BASF. “According to the 47 independent agronomists interviewed, 11%

Busy time for Essex Young Farmers

The beginning of the new Young Farmer’s year saw the appointment of Essex Young Farmer’s (EYF) new county chair, Hannah Kelsey, reports the organisation. In addition, EYF were manning the bar

€20m state-of the-art sugar beet research centre opened

A new €20 million Sugar Beet R&D research centre, the ‘SESVanderHave Innovation Centre’ (SVIC) was inaugurated by Willy Borsus, Federal Minister of Agriculture, in the presence of 250 customers and

LEAF gets industry talking engagement

Stop talking about ‘consumers’, start talking about ‘people’; inform through ‘entertainment’, don’t ‘educate’; and collaborate to achieve success. These were the key themes that emerged from LEAF (Linking Environment And

Four delegates sought from UK & Ireland for Bayer’s Youth Ag-Summit

Entries are open for the third Bayer Youth Ag-Summit to be held in Brussels, Belgium in October 2017, in partnership with two Belgian young farmers associations, Groene Kring and Federation

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