Author Posts: Aleksandra Cupriak

The Labour Party has just published its 2024 general election manifesto, with pledges to champion British farming while protecting the environment. 

The World Cheese Awards, recognised internationally as the largest ‘cheese-only’ event of its kind, are back for the 36th year. 

The Food Museum in Stowmarket has just announced the birth of a rare Suffolk Punch horse on the site for the first time in 100 years. 

The Scottish Association of Young Farmers Clubs (SAYFC) has announced that a new Respect campaign will be launched at the Royal Highland Show.  

Late sown pulse crops that were slow to establish are now racing through growth stages to recover, however, increasing high disease pressure could restrict green leaf area development and yield potential, warns a Syngenta expert. 

Jeremy Clarkson’s partner and co-star of Clarkson’s Farm, Lisa Hogan, has recently published a video and a photo with Gerald Cooper, reassuring fans that the man is in good spirits following cancer diagnosis. 

BeZero Carbon has just published the industry’s first-ever rating of a regenerative agriculture project.  

With 2 billion 80g portions of peas grown in the UK each year, Great British Pea Week returns for its ninth year, marking the busiest season for the UK pea industry.  

NFU Sugar and British Sugar have just announced reforms to the UK sugar beet seed model, which will give growers more choice and flexibility, support innovation and address recurring issues with growers’ access to seed while preserving the most effective parts of the existing model. 

With the summer event calendar in full flow and many seed breeders and agronomy groups hosting strip trials, it is time for arable farmers to get “up close and personal” with new varieties on the Recommended List (RL).

A great calibre of livestock was in attendance at this year’s Royal Bath & West Show, and no stone was left unturned by judges in the ring, the organiser confirms. 

A fully equipped farm in Lincolnshire is looking for a new tenant. The arable farm owned by Crown Estate is available to let through national property consultant Carter Jonas.