Options for consolidation just got wider, with an extensive portfolio of additional packer and press options that have joined the Kverneland range.

Farms and estates marketed during the first three months of 2019 have met strong interest from potential buyers despite the economic and political uncertainty, according to land and property specialists Strutt & Parker.

Kverneland has extended its coverage throughout Cornwall and south Devon, with the appointment of Vincent Tractors & Plant to its dealer network.

Following the tough 2018 growing season, the latest estimates from the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) show British potato stock levels were down 13 per cent on the five-year average.

Spring barley growers are being advised to modify their approach to broad-leaved weed control to counter the dry conditions being experienced across much of the UK.

Hybrid winter oilseed rape out-performed conventional varieties by more than 0.3 t/ha on farm last season, according to benchmark independent harvest data just published.

Natural England (NE) is temporarily revoking three general licences in England that allow the shooting and trapping of most pest bird species from Thursday 25 April 2019.

At the time of writing, soils are currently very dry with only intermittent rainfall in the long-term forecast. What does this mean in terms of crop nutrition?

As the effective control of barley diseases becomes increasingly difficult to achieve due to changes in their sensitivity to widely used fungicides, growers throughout the UK must use a diversity of modes of action to combat key diseases.

10-point plan helps farmers to answer the question – ‘Is my business fit for the future?’

Up and down the country winter wheat crops are looking well, full of potential which will need looking after and the focus of growers’ attention is now the T1 spray timing.

BBRO can confirm that the emergency authorisation, granted by HSE, for the use of up to two applications of thiacloprid (Biscaya), has now come into force.