Training delivers tangible benefits
22nd November 2016
Farm managers on AHDB’s Professional Manager Development Scheme are in complete agreement; training does work and more importantly delivers tangible benefits that make a difference to the longevity and sustainability
RJ Herbert in Dutch hands
22nd November 2016
British company RJ Herbert Engineering Ltd, which has been in administration since July 2016, has been acquired by Dutch company Herbert Engineering BV (effective 1st November 2016). The acquisition of
Hybrid wheat collaboration
15th November 2016
Bayer has entered into a collaboration with F1 Seed to provide Bayer’s breeding programme with a pipeline of parents suitable to breed hybrid wheat varieties for the UK, Ireland and
Harvest yield survey
15th November 2016
Strutt & Parker has published the results of its 2016 Harvest Yields Survey which offers a valuable insight into the performance of combinable crops this season.
Public backs farmer funding
15th November 2016
Nearly three-quarters of the general public believe farmers should continue to be funded by the tax payer once the UK leaves the EU, according to an opinion poll conducted for
Evidence-based production – a new era of data driven decision-making
15th November 2016
At last, agriculture and the broader food chain can start to benefit from the huge quantity of data it generates with the adaption of technology that has been at the
AHDB pledges to work with industry to tackle blackleg
15th November 2016
AHDB has pledged to work closely with the seed potato sector and Scottish Government to ensure that the industry maintains a low level of the fungal disease blackleg. Speaking at
Renewable energy in a post-subsidy world
17th October 2016
The UK government’s own projections expect solar and wind power to be cheaper than nuclear power by the time Hinkley Point C is completed (as reported in an article in
New grain feed business assures direct global supplies for UK feed mills
17th October 2016
Glencore Grain is to launch a new animal feed products marketing business in the UK, providing feed compounders and manufacturers with direct access to the company’s huge global resource of
Malting barley strategic supplier appointed
17th October 2016
Muntons, one of the UK’s leading producers of malt for brewing and food manufacturing uses, has appointed the farmer-owned grain co-operative Openfield Agriculture as one of its two newly created
Weetabix brings first harvest packs to market
3rd October 2016
Weetabix Food Company has released a range of limited edition ‘first harvest’ packs to mark the first of its ‘Yellow Box’ cereals to contain crop from Harvest 2016. Weetabix’s exclusive range
NFU appoints Director for new Brexit Unit
30th September 2016
The NFU has appointed a new director to lead its newly created Brexit Unit as the organisation moves to strengthen and extend its political reach in the wake of the
