In the latest episode of Crop it Like its Hot, the Arable Farming team delves into the world of water policy, application and economics, to find out: how can we make UK agriculture more water-secure?
With the drilling window for spring barley, wheat and beans now closed, we investigate summer cover crop management for growers looking to sell, feed or provide soil benefits this summer.
Five years on from hosting a Farming For A Better Climates pilot project, Montrose farmer Willie Officer has seen the change of approach result in improved yields and reduced input costs.
A new project to enhance food safety in potato crisp production has started between Abertay University and Perthshire-based Taylors Snacks.
With weather and soil conditions potentially delaying another spring crop, we get some top tips for late maize drilling.
Using foliar nitrogen is one of the steps farmer Harry Heath has taken to improve the environmental footprint of his familys mixed farm near Newport, Shropshire.
US CBOT wheat futures dropped to their lowest level in over two years while pressures on oilseeds markets have only been enhanced by the fall in crude oil
The British Society of Plant Breeders (BSPB) has published payment rates for farmed saved seed.
Where crops have been planted into cloddy seedbeds, slug risk will be high and potato producers are urged to protect against the pest as soon as tubers reach golf ball size.