Consumer demand for more environmentally friendly produce has led retailers and processors to seek more sustainable supply chains.
Proactive slurry management can be an effective method in helping the agricultural industry reach its net zero emissions target by 2040. ²ÝÁñÉçÇø Guardian reports.
Faced with Covid-19 related contraction of demand for spring barley and oats, many growers will want to take advantage of the scrapping of the three crop rule and maximise wheat area this autumn.
This month, Ian Potter asks whether milk contract legislation will actually be bad for the industry and questions the response of some industry organisations.
Featuring a new cab with lower noise levels, greater comfort and dramatically improved overhead visibility, JCB’s latest Series III Loadalls promised many improvements. Simon Henley visits a dairy farm in Somerset to find out more.
It is that time of year again when there is intense tension between the agricultural community desperate to reduce bovine TB and those that seek to protect badgers.
With the window to get winter crops drilled likely to be tight this year, following a later harvest in some areas, crop nutrition may be neglected.
It is two years since the University of Nottingham’s 240-cow herd moved into the £6million Centre for Dairy Excellence. So what impact has the new facility has already had on cow performance?
The rollercoaster that is 2020 has changed again very quickly.
Kids are back at school, the nights are really drawing in and, thankfully, we’ve finished harvest.