Author Posts: Sarah Kidby

Richard Heady says yields have been “thoroughly disappointing” this year, though crops were grown on a budget.

Kaleb has shared a photo of the latest addition to the Cooper family, born on 14th August.

The tractor driver was airlifted to hospital with serious injuries after the incident near Wrotham.

Jeremy Clarkson has given glowing reviews to a range of new English wines on offer at his pub, The Farmer’s Dog.

After a disastrous harvest last year, Suffolk farmer John Pawsey says he’s hoping for an ‘average plus’ year in 2025.

NFU Sugar and British Sugar have concluded negotiations and agreed a deal for the 2026/27 sugar beet contract.

Following feedback from growers and the wider industry on the wheat yield estimate, an error has been identified in the background data.

Results from all but one of the fungicide-treated Recommended List (RL) winter oilseed rape trials have been published today, covering sites from Wiltshire to Aberdeenshire, AHDB has shared.

Farming groups have responded with mixed views on the new report by CenTax, which analyses the potential impacts of the government’s planned IHT reforms.

As harvest concludes at Tom Martin’s farm in Cambridgeshire, he notes that while they’ve seen fairly average yields, the order in which crops were harvested was highly unusual.

Defra is being urged to ensure the SFI supports farmers in the face of a changing climate, as it develops the next round.

Billy Kitcher will drive his 1954 Fordson Major tractor from John O’Groats to Land’s End for mental health charity #Willdoes.