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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

Applications are open for the eighth joint Bayer and Farming and Countryside Education Bayer / FACE Awards, which celebrate the great work that farmers and those involved in agriculture do

The beginning of the new Young Farmer’s year saw the appointment of Essex Young Farmer’s (EYF) new county chair, Hannah Kelsey, reports the organisation. In addition, EYF were manning the bar

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

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.

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,

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