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Harvest has been hugely variable this summer – with many growers in prime arable areas reporting terrible cereal yields. But ...
The wheat harvest is now 92% complete with the average yield estimated at 7.3t/ha - 5.4% below the five-year average, says ...
This week’s photo shows a dusty wheat harvest being completed in record time, combining against an intense sky. Farmer Chris ...
More than 300,000t of imported wheat stocks were held by UK merchants, ports and co-operatives in June, the highest level for ...
Farmers in eastern Scotland face growing pressure as continued dry weather pushes river catchments towards significant water ...
The Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) and greening payment rates for farmers and crofters in Scotland have been set for 2025, ...
The sad news of David Richardson’s death last week arrived just a few hours before the deadline for submitting this column.
In a typical year the UK uses about 250m tonnes of aggregates, with about 28% of this sourced from recycled or secondary ...
Farmers are being urged to test forages and calculate feed stocks now so winter diets can be balanced. Large parts of the ...
Nine years after Donald Trump first gained the support of voters in rural America, farmers remain one of his most reliable ...
A brother and sister from a farming family are set to become the first to cross the British Isles using only human power in ...
The Hampshire and Isle of Wight constabulary has urged landowners and gamekeepers to be vigilant to rural crime as the game ...