Independent trials have found on average, a 19% improvement in potato blight control, simply by adding a low-cost drift retardant to the fungicide tank mix.

Two members of tractor enthusiast club Blue Force are celebrating 100 years of blue tractor production in 2017 by undertaking a 5,000 mile, 51 day Coastline Tractor Challenge, not previously attempted on tractors.

Promotion of spring malting barley variety Laureate to Full approval for both malt distilling and brewing uses on the Institute of Brewing and Distilling approved list of varieties for harvest 2018 has been welcomed as a major breakthrough for growers, by its breeder.