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Controlling weeds in arable crops using electricity is a step closer with the first commercial tractor-mounted units destined ...
Midsummer has brought a range of fully equipped farms and bare blocks of land to the market, ranging in value from £1.5m to ...
Much can happen in four months. And so it’s proved for Isle of Wight contractor Rob Chapman. When we last visited Rob’s base ...
First-cut silage is now in the clamp. While all went without a hitch, grass yields were well down. I’m hoping for a bulkier ...
Covering 1,800ha within the Cranbourne Chase National Landscape, a family-owned estate is aiming to increase biodiversity ...
Make hay while the sun shines, they say. And for the past few weeks, on and off, I’ve been doing just that. What marvellous ...
Herefordshire farmer Jonathan Joseph is this year’s Soil Farmer of the Year, in recognition of how he has reshaped soil ...
A drop in livestock numbers would have devastating consequences for the Welsh economy and the supply chain, the Economy, ...
After eight days blasting along rough, rock-strewn tracks and scrabbling for grip scaling tall sand dunes, a much-modified ...
Capital grants are being reintroduced by Defra for farmers in England, after the scheme was unexpectedly closed last November ...
Two trips in the past two weeks have given a fresh perspective on the challenges posed to the arable sector by the current ultra-low prices, and how ...
The UK’s food security is increasingly at risk as animal rights groups use mass objection campaigns to delay or block ...