Crops
New features added to SmartStor controller
Crop Systems has added new features and improved functionality to its SmartStor...
Crop4Sight is ‘essential kit’ for potato growers
A new app enables growers to plan their storage, labour and other costs – helping...
Top tips for growers when ‘over-yearing’ winter seed
Cereal growers carrying carry over unused winter seed from this season’s washout...
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Livestock
Waitrose pledges to buy 100% British lamb
Supermarket retailer Waitrose has committed to sourcing all its own label fresh...
Good hygiene strategy can help reduce lamb losses
Simple steps to improve hygiene when preparing sheds for lambing can significantly...
Rise in farm vaccines could help to curb antibiotic resistance
Vaccination of sheep and calves against key livestock diseases has risen to one...
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News & Business
Two-day show heralds new era for farm energy sector
A new era for the renewable energy sector will be ushered in next month when the Energy and Rural Business Show opens its doors for the first time on the outskirts of Peterborough. [Read more of this review] Read More →
£2m fund opens for flood-affected farmers
A £2m fund to support farmers who suffered uninsurable flood damage last autumn has opened for applications. [Read more of this review] Read More →
Government’s Agriculture Bill will ‘transform British farming’
Industry leaders continue to seek guarantees that the high standards met by British farmers won’t be undermined by a flood of cheap food imports. [Read more of this review] Read More →
3.3% pay increase needed to keep in line with living wage
Farm workers in England need a 3.3% pay rise in 2019/20 to keep in line with above-inflation increases in the National Living Wage and agricultural wage rates in the rest of the UK. [Read more of this review] Read More →
Industry gets behind Grassland & Muck event
Space is selling out fast for Grassland & Muck 2020 – which organisers say is set to be the biggest and best yet. [Read more of this review] Read More →
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