Author Posts: Farmers Guide

With increasing awareness of problem soils and their impact on arable farm productivity, results from a recent trial provide insights into how soil activators aimed at improving fertility could help turn things around.

Sencrop and Frontier Agriculture have joined forces to roll out a UK-wide network of connected weather stations, helping farmers and their agronomists to make better crop management decisions.

Coventry-based water company Severn Trent is inviting farmers in its priority catchment areas to attend a series of online workshops and learn about improving spray efficiencies, offering participants a free set of low drift spray nozzles upon completion.

The UK’s largest agricultural machinery and technology show returns on its original January dates of 10–11th January 2023 at the NEC Birmingham, with more features than ever before.

The Government has re-appointed Nicholas Saphir as chair of the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) for one year, with effect from 1 April 2023.

A further £12.5 million for projects focused on cutting-edge agriculture and horticulture innovation to boost productivity, reduce labour demands, and create more sustainable farming practices.

The UK’s top regenerative farming event for livestock producers is back with two events next year, following unprecedented demand from the inaugural 2022 event held this summer. 

Cheesemakers from across the UK have donated a whopping 295kg (650lbs) of cheese to the Royal Hospital as part of the Annual Ceremony of the Christmas Cheeses, getting the festive season into swing.

From farm shops to wedding venues or forest bathing to event spaces, the options for starting a new land-based tourism business are endless.

Firefoxx, a high-yielding spring malting barley with early maturity, bred by Elsoms-Ackermann Barley, has received full approval for malt distilling use by the Malting Barley Committee (MBC) confirms Paul Taylor, Head of Agriculture at Elsoms Seeds.

The 75th British Cattle Breeding conference is being held from the 23rd to 25th January 2023 at Telford Hotel and Golf Resort, Shropshire, and will bring together expert knowledge, experience and opinion from across the industry in the UK and beyond.

The second series of UK Original Clarkson’s Farm will launch on 10th February 2023 and will be available exclusively on Prime Video.