Laurence J Betts Ltd (LJ Betts), grower of premium salads since 1930, has been acquired by the Regan family who are the owners of Hugh Lowe Farms Ltd, a neighbouring berry growing business in Kent, and of Blaise Plants Ltd, a plant propagator. Stephen Betts will step...
Matthew and Lloyd Smith from F Smith and Sons, Huntingdon in Cambridgeshire have been announced as the winners of the 2023 Rawcliffe Bridge Award for Sustainability. Now in its second year, the accolade celebrates individuals and businesses that deliver on all three...
Joel Johnson has been appointed Agricultural Solutions Business Director for the UK and Ireland. The role was formally managed by Neil Kay, who was promoted to Vice President for Agricultural Solutions for EMEA West earlier this year. Joel joined BASF in 2006 as an...
The UK’s only two-day on-farm regenerative agriculture conference, Groundswell, sold out for another year, attracting over 6500 attendees, with 75% either directly farming or involved in a farming enterprise. With over 100 sessions and 200 speakers, from across the...
Following a successful showcase at the Royal Highland Show which culminated with a celebration of the RHASS Presidential Initiative’s ‘The Science of food & drink’ series, the team have reflected on the ten brilliant case studies which have been uncovered over the...
When it comes to creating a healthy ecosystem rich in biodiversity with fully functioning soils, nature nails it. So why do we fight her? When I first started farming, I had a ‘low capital approach’. Simply put, I couldn’t afford a to buy a farm and spend lots of...
Last year I headed to Groundswell Festival, searching for tips on how to sustain and regenerate the family farm I’ve been involved in for 40 years. I’d known of this popular regenerative agricultural festival for years but Hertfordshire is a long way from Fife. When I...
Amidst the ongoing debate on future agricultural and land use in Scotland, integrating trees on farms is a topic that is receiving increasing attention. There are many great examples of farmers and crofters who are leading the way, from Fife to Highland Perthshire,...
For one Fife farm, working with AHDB to gather scientific data behind its regenerative farming approaches is set to pay dividends both financially and environmentally. Balbirnie Home Farms has been working with AHDB over the last three years as its Strategic...
The award-winning farm carbon calculator, Agrecalc, will be launching its state-of-the-art version of the platform – Agrecalc Cloud – at this year’s Royal Highland Show. One of the first carbon calculators to enter the market when it launched in 2007, Agrecalc has...