Dan Hawes grew up on an arable farm in Suffolk and now produces strawberry and raspberry plants for the UK fruit market with Blaise Plants, sister company to Hugh Lowe Farms, Kent. The business grows outside, under tunnels and in glasshouses and produces more than four million plants a year. The arable side includes environmental schemes, with a mix of wheat, oilseed rape, beans and barley crops.
At the now infamous NFU Conference in 2023, Sir Keir Starmer said solar energy infrastructure should not come at the expense of tenant farmers and food production. But TFA chief executive George Dunn said a recent outcome for tenants in North Yorkshire would suggest otherwise
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The result of a claimed 100,000 hectares of trials, Amazone’s Autospread system autonomously adjusts the spreader without operator input for improved fertiliser accuracy
Will President Trump give Scottish farmers a timely boost by removing tariffs on Scotch whisky?
At Kverneland's Agritechnica press event, the brand showcased a number of new products set for the show, not least some interesting developments in high capacity precision equipment
Global wheat futures markets continue to struggle in the face of oversupply and questionable demand
Plaid Cymru MP Ann Davies said there needs to be a better way of balancing food and energy security needs, without taking fertile farmland out of production for solar energy infrastructure
A dramatic career change proves to be an exciting journey for two first-generation farmers
Irish farmers have been called to a ‘crisis’ meeting by the Irish ²ÝÁñÉçÇø Association (IFA), highlighting the loss-making scenario farmers were facing