Author Posts: Sarah Kidby

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.

Four fire engines attended the blaze, which saw a combine harvester catch fire in a Suffolk field.

Jeremy Clarkson has described this year’s harvest at Diddly Squat as “catastrophic”, prompting a debate on food security.

A tractor run organised by Sam Brown, 27, who has cerebral palsy and is a full-time wheelchair user, is now in its 12th year, raising vital funds for a rural support charity.

Isle of Arran farmer Callum Lindsay is urging other farmers to wear a helmet and take five extra minutes to think about safety, after he was severely injured in an ATV accident.

Müller UK & Ireland has announced a £45 million investment in the Skelmersdale site – but prices for Yew Tree suppliers are still likely to be significantly below the national average.

A Mercedes ran a red light into the path of a JCB tractor, causing it to veer off the road and into two houses.

Sheep farmers have been urged to remain vigilant Haemonchus contortus infection as reports suggest the parasite is spreading across the UK.