1+ hour, 52+ min ago  (125+ words) Owners of JCB machinery can now submit out-of-hours orders for service items and genuine spares through a new Parts Online platform. The website allows customers to search for bits, add serial or part numbers to check compatibility, and pay for…...

18+ hour, 33+ min ago  (266+ words) Free-range poultry producers are being urged to start preparing now for their birds" impending return to the big outdoors, with Defra signalling an end to the mandatory housing order in England and Wales next Thursday (9 April). The change of policy…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (383+ words) Our spring drilling campaign began on 16 March, our earliest start in recent memory. Ground conditions have improved significantly since my last update, and any late winter ploughing has started to dry out due to a spell of strong winds and…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (426+ words) Latest research findings have revealed a clear picture of the wireworm species present in Scotland. Agriotes obscurus remains the dominant species affecting Scottish potato crops, with the first independently confirmed records of A lineatus in the Borders, Perthshire and Angus....

2+ day, 1+ hour ago  (627+ words) Farmers can now order bespoke fertiliser formulations, tailored to precise crop and soil requirements thanks to a new UK-based fertiliser manufacturing machine. The Triplex machine works by inputting soil or sap analysis data from individual farms to create bespoke liquid…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago  (169+ words) In this episode, an influential group of MPs launches a campaign to boost farm profitability. The Labour Rural Research Group has already had some success persuading the government to ease back on inheritance tax for farmers. We speak to Noah…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago  (1697+ words) For years, farm management software has been limited mostly to three options, with Gatekeeper and Greenlight Grower Management (GLGM) " also known colloquially as Muddy Boots " by far the most popular. Both are now owned by Telus and still available, although…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago  (517+ words) Aphid migration is predicted to commence on 22 April this year, which could leave nearly two-thirds of sugar beet crops exposed to virus yellow infection. Rothamsted Research forecasts estimate 62% of the eastern region's sugar beet crops could become infected with the…...

6+ day, 33+ min ago  (1163+ words) Cases of milk fever in the 400 high-yielding pedigree Holsteins at Poyerston Farm numbered just two in the last calving period. Roger Lewis, who runs the autumn-calving herd in partnership with his parents, Philip and Sheila, says feeding wholecrop barley in…...

6+ day, 16+ hour ago  (1124+ words) Wet days are not just a reminder of broken gutters and downpipes in need of repair. They are an ideal time to look at the potential for recycling rainwater. Calculating how much rainfall can be collected, stored and used, to…...