With thousands of farmers across the country battling floods after Storm Dennis and unable to get onto their land to plant crops, farming organisations from across the UK have asked for an urgent relaxation of the three crop rule.

TV Presenter and farmer Adam Henson is launching #FeedMeTruth on February 20th, a national campaign so children know where the food on their plate has come from.

A cheese maker, a hop grower and a sheep farmer are joining forces with other inspiring farmers across the UK to run a series of special regional networking and information events about hosting farm visits for the public.

For growers considering their spring cropping in the context of a difficult autumn followed by a wet spring, combining peas top the table of gross margins and are a top choice for the right grower on the right land.

Unaware that her post would soon create a media storm, 20-year-old Ffion Hooson of Denbighshire, Wales, wrote a heart-felt plea on Twitter regarding her on-going struggles with farming.

Significant populations of grassweeds, including ryegrass and brome, threaten winter wheat yields this year after farmers struggled to implement robust herbicide programmes in the autumn.

Waste products from farms could be used to produce a high-energy, low-cost and environmentally-friendly feed for livestock.

Opening this year’s Norfolk Farming Conference, AHDB chairman Sir Peter Kendall said he believes the industry is facing one of the biggest changes since either the first or the second agricultural revolution, and his message was a tough one.

Tickets are now on sale for Cereals 2020, with early bird prices of just £15 and group discounts available.

Rachael Porter investigates why many producers are switching to multiple cuts of silage rather than the typical two or three cuts per season.

In a normal season, spring weed control is a case of mopping up odd weeds that have come through a hefty autumn stack of residual herbicides. But 2019 wasn’t a normal year, with the autumn cereals that did get planted often receiving less residual herbicides than usual, and what was applied has been under deluge from the winter rain, making it vital that growers have an effective weed control plan for early spring.

British manufacturer JCB is set to cut working hours for thousands of its staff due to predicted supply issues caused by the coronavirus outbreak.