Author Posts: Patrick Over

Elsoms Seeds’ new early maturing variety Makayla offers high yields and more efficient harvesting, says Cropco’s Sam Poulton.

Do you have a patch of land you are currently eyeing-up, with the idea of setting up a glamping site, but don’t know how to begin? Here, we look at the initial stage of setting up a glamping business and the factors to consider, featuring useful advice and tips from the book “How To Set Up a Successful Glamping Business and Get Fully Booked”.

Farmers looking to find an alternative revenue stream from their land are being urged to consider setting up an eco-friendly holiday-let business by log cabin construction company, Timberspecs.

RABDF has welcomed news that the government will fund annual vet visits and grants to improve livestock health and welfare.

Two men appeared for sentencing after a string of high value thefts from farms across west Somerset in the first half of 2020.

The Environment Agency is urging communities in parts of the West Midlands and Yorkshire, especially those along the Rivers Severn and Ouse, to be prepared for significant flooding following high rainfall from Storm Franklin.

NFU Mutual says it received over two claims per minute at its busiest point due to damage caused by Storm Eunice.

Issues relating to natural capital and the voluntary markets now opening up will be addressed at regular webinars hosted by Trinity AgTech and Trinity Natural Capital Markets (NCM) this spring, starting on Thursday 24 February.

MSD Animal Health has launched its 2022 FlockCheck diagnostic scheme, which allows sheep farmers in England, Scotland and Wales to ask their vet to blood test their flock for exposure to toxoplasmosis and enzootic abortion (EAE)

Sheep farmers are being advised that all incoming stock, including sheep returning from winter grazing, should be quarantined and dosed with one of the newer wormer groups to prevent resistant worms being brought onto the farm.

A new report from The Wildlife Trusts reveals that nature-friendly farmers from the Jordan’s Farm Partnership have provided an area greater than Cambridge for farmland wildlife as part of their efforts to boost nature’s recovery. The group of over 30 cereal farmers are proving that commercial agriculture can flourish while also restoring nature. 

Rising costs will be crucial to farm business planning over the next six months as high rates of inflation impact the UK agricultural economy, according to the latest AHDB Agri-Market Outlook.