1+ week, 1+ day ago   (1047+ words) Informed nutrition decisions this autumn will be critical to establishing crops and strengthening resilience across arable systems, following the summer heatwave. Maximising every kilogram of nitrogen applied will require strong crop emergence and a well-rounded nutrition programme. See also: Later-drilled…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (559+ words) It now being September, summer is officially over. I don’t know how yours went, but, in this corner of East Sussex, it was extremely hot and very dry. Some parts of the UK did not suffer too badly, but with…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (444+ words) A Wiltshire dairy farmworker who lost nearly 60kg in weight says transforming his health has helped him “fall back in love with farming again”. Dan Chivers, from Lyneham, lost 58.06kg after joining Slimming World following a period in which long working hours,…...

2+ week, 22+ hour ago   (709+ words) Confident that this summer was destined to be wetter than a service station toilet seat, in the spring I ordered our first proper grain dryer. Second-hand of course, and it would appear with some complimentary rat damage in the fuse…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (315+ words) Estates needing a six-seat UTV and wanting to “go green” with electric propulsion now have that opportunity with the introduction of just such a combination from Whanlong Electric Vehicle, commonly referred to as WEV. While other manufacturers offer diminutive two-seat,…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (1245+ words) A precision slug risk model developed through a £2.6m research project has successfully passed its first on-farm test, despite being deployed during one of the lowest slug pressure seasons in recent memory. Researchers say the results provide strong evidence that the…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (621+ words) UK egg producers are demanding tougher import controls after a major salmonella outbreak left more than 200 people unwell and one dead. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has confirmed 207 cases of salmonella enteritidis linked to a single strain between August…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (959+ words) A clover understorey is proving its worth in a long-term project by Syngenta at Elveden Estate on the Norfolk/Suffolk border, where its inclusion in a regenerative farming system is improving sustainability metrics. Now in its fifth year, the living…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (612+ words) Winter oilseed rape growers delaying planting until late August and into September need to adjust their agronomy to compensate for the shortened growing window before winter, says an expert. OSR drilling is set to be delayed this summer as the…...