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Tim Rycroft to stand down as chief executive of AHDB
Farmers Weekly AHDB chief executive Tim Rycroft is to step down from his position at the end of the year after a challenging two-year spell at the organisation – a period that has seen the AHDB shrink in size, relocate and…
33,000ha nature project receives £4.1m funding in the North West
Farmers Weekly Cumbria Connect, a new partnership of landowners, farmers, and conservationists located in the Lake District and Yorkshire Dales has received £4.1m in funding through the Endangered Landscapes Programme.…
25% of soil samples failing on key nutrient targets
Farmers Weekly Farmers fail to use their soil and manure analysis results to make informed management decisions – often they do not even trust the results. This is according to Dr Sajjad Awan, a soil and crop nutritionist…
How to train a gundog: Expert shares top tips
Farmers Weekly Gundogs have been the loyal companions of country folk for centuries, and the return of the annual Game Fair, the country’s longest standing and most prolific countryside celebration, means there is no more…
Nanofibre technology trialled to help manage wheat diseases
Farmers Weekly Novel cellulose nanofibre technology is being trialled as a non-chemical approach to foliar disease control in Extase winter wheat. At Agrovista’s AgX trial site in Northamptonshire, the firm’s soil specialist…
Farmer Focus: PRRS spike prompts ‘cluster group’ approach
Farmers Weekly I reported last month on the bad news we had received following routine piglet ear-prick testing, that both our herds were showing positive for porcine respiratory and reproductive syndrome (PRRS). This had…
Colorado beetle outbreak confirmed in Kent potato field
Farmers Weekly The devastating Colorado beetle pest has been found in a Kent potato field, making it the first UK appearance of the beetle since 1977. Defra and the Animal and Plant Health Agency (Apha) have confirmed the…
Stop-start winter barley harvest yields well despite storms
Farmers Weekly Winter barley harvest has been a stop-start affair at the Trinley Estate in Hampshire, where farm manager Mike Farrell began cutting the hybrid variety Thunderbolt last week, with yields of just over 10t/ha.…
Why England’s onshore wind planning rules need reform
Farmers Weekly Onshore wind is a low-cost and efficient technology that is well-suited to the UK, given it is one of the windiest countries in Europe. The cost of installing turbines is estimated to have fallen by about 50%…
Mobile diesel tank options and prices for farm machinery
Farmers Weekly Options for getting fuel to thirsty machinery out in the field range from purpose-built trailed bowsers to a tank in the back of a pickup, strapped on to a flatbed trailer, carried on a three-point hitch or…
