Author Posts: Farmers Guide

A scheme offering dairy farmers up to £10,000 each as a result of the Covid-19 crisis will open for applications on 18th June, the government has confirmed.

Polaris Britain has announced a new trade-in promotion for customers looking to upgrade their current ATV to a new 2021 Ranger 570 side-by-side.

Cereal growers are being urged to spray off patches infested with black-grass now, before more plants set viable seed. The stress of hot dry weather has brought forward seed maturity, with viability set to accelerate over the next few weeks.

The UK’s biggest organic on-farm conference, OF&G National Organic Combinable Crops (NOCC), is taking place virtually this year, with a series of interactive seminars and online farm tours led by experts in UK food and farming. They are free to join and open to all.

After the early weeks of the Covid-19 pandemic left many supermarket shelves bare, and with home delivery slots still hard to come by, many people are now opting for their local farm shop as a more relaxed, socially distant way of getting supplies.

Independent dairy specialists have released a report on the economics of an extensive range of forage crops. The Kingshay 2020 Forage Costings report, now accessible online, contains useful information to support with forage crop selection.

Hot potato Bud the Spud will make his television debut this summer as part of a £100,000 marketing push.

The NFU has launched a petition calling for the government to enshrine in law its promise to prevent food being imported to the UK that would be illegal to produce here.

The Red Tractor scheme is launching a set of farming marques to help simplify the experience of shoppers and diners when they are buying food and drink.

The latest antibiotic usage figures for the UK pig industry show that levels remain unchanged last year, despite significant disease challenges.

With little rain forecast in the coming weeks, Midlands water company Severn Trent is urging farmers to look ahead and plan for the potentially dry summer weeks to come.

With plans to start his own sheep enterprise in the near future, news that he was the first winner of the National Sheep Association (NSA) 2020 membership prize giveaway was perfectly timed for young shepherd Michael Hogg from Tyne and Wear.