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A farmer has died after being crushed in a tractor incident.

Defra is consulting on its draft revised UK National Action Plan (NAP) for the Sustainable Use of Pesticides.Ìý

A year-long pilot scheme is taking place on a new platform for sugar beet growers

Farmers must speak to their suppliers and confirm productivity-boosting equipment is available to order before accepting their Countryside Productivity Small Grants (CPSG) by January 18, 2021.

While there is room for optimism in spring barley markets, growers will need to work more closely with traders, maltsters and brewers to tackle increasing variability in the crop.

A series of adverts thanking British farmers for their ‘tremendous perseverance’ through the Covid-19 pandemic have been produced by online grocer Farmdrop.

Next year will see farmers facing a complex mix of challenges, whatever happens with Brexit, farm business consultants Andersons have said. By Jonathan Wheeler

AHDB has today formally announced a ballot on the continuation of the statutory potato levy will go ahead in the New Year.

The PM must negotiate a three to six-month adjustment period as part of any EU trade deal, so farmers have time to prepare for the new relationship, says Mike Rumbles, North East Scotland MSP.

With direct payments on their way out, farmers should consider rewilding on marginal land to boost the income they make from food production, says Dr Stephanie Wray, director of RSK Wilding.