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A new €20 million Sugar Beet R&D research centre, the ‘SESVanderHave Innovation Centre’ (SVIC) was inaugurated by Willy Borsus, Federal Minister of Agriculture, in the presence of 250 customers and

Stop talking about ‘consumers’, start talking about ‘people’; inform through ‘entertainment’, don’t ‘educate’; and collaborate to achieve success. These were the key themes that emerged from LEAF (Linking Environment And

Entries are open for the third Bayer Youth Ag-Summit to be held in Brussels, Belgium in October 2017, in partnership with two Belgian young farmers associations, Groene Kring and Federation

Strong craft-brewing demand for high quality new two row winter malting barley, Rubinesse provides an opportunity for growers across central England to earn premiums of £10-£25/t from a specialist Agrii/Glencore

A farmer, broadcaster and a scientist will join The Oxford Farming Conference board (OFC) as its new directors in January 2017. Matthew Naylor, Anna Hill and Professor Nigel Scollan will

Three new companies have enrolled in the European Seed Treatment Association (ESTA), which is operated in the UK by the Agricultural Industries Confederation. The three companies are KWS UK Ltd,

The RPA must iron out a number of problems that still exist with 2015 BPS payments, the NFU said today, with less than three months until the 2016 window opens.

Cereal growers are on the verge of a brave new world as the Chinese market is now open to exports of barley. The Chinese this year, are looking to import

Farmers need to be on the lookout for a reminder from the Environment Agency warning them of the expiry date of any Agricultural Waste Exemptions. Thousands of farmers will need

Following on from previous surveys at LAMMA and Cereals, MHA – the national association of independent accountancy practices – has produced a snapshot survey – taken shortly before the EU

David Sheppard, Gleadell’s managing director, comments on the wheat market The trade was expecting a bigger US spring crop, and USDA duly obliged. Its projections of record US soybeans and

The NFU says farmers have been given much-needed certainty in the short term after the Treasury’s decision to guarantee agricultural spending though to 2020. This should mean that farmers can