News - Arable

On farms with grass-weed problems, the most difficult days of the autumn drilling campaign can be those spent waiting to start.

A free IPM Planning Tool has been developed by ADAS, NFU, SRUC and Voluntary Initiative (VI) to help farmers create crop-specific IPM management plans 

BAPL executive secretary Ali Capper has hit back at comments from the British Retail Association on Countryfile

Mr Walker has been confirmed as the chief executive of GB Potatoes on a part-time basis which he will combine with his current role as executive manager of the Scottish Association of Meat Wholesalers

Water business Anglian Water is working with farming communities across the region to support healthy soils for the benefit of future cropping, the environment and protection of the region’s waterways

With sugar beet lifting getting off to an early start as early contract beet was lifted, analysis indicates sugar content is being diluted by larger root weights this season

Farmers Rob and Dave Nicholson are set to appear on the show which will be live on Channel 5 this week

European countries will vote on the renewal in October

The NFU is encouraging growers to take part in its Harvest Survey 2023

NFU Sugar and British Sugar have so far failed to reach agreement on the 2024/25 contract