Can biological products cut costs without compromising crop yields?

Biological products are attracting growing attention, and farmers are exploring how biology can boost yields, while experts warn that success depends on getting the fundamentals right

Head of Arable

27 June 2026 鈥� 7 min read

With volatile markets and high input costs seemingly plaguing the arable sector, many growers are looking to reduce costs through trialling biological products to reduce reliance on synthetic inputs while...

How one Cheshire farmer is using mixed farming to get on top of grass-weeds

For Cheshire farmer Mike Jones, tackling grass-weeds has not come from one silver bullet solution. Instead, it has been the result of building a more flexible mixed farming system where livestock, forage crops, cultivation strategy and innovative new chemistry all work together

Alice Dyer

01 August 2026 鈥� 6 min read