More than 220 people, from the Isle of Wight to Yorkshire, joined the Green Farm Collective (GFC), at its second Open Day in Boningale, Shropshire, to learn how farmers can alter practices and return nutrients to the soil, food and ourselves. The GFC is a group of...
Arbikie Highland Estate in Angus is leading the way in the decarbonisation of the global drinks sector, with their game-changing pea-based gin Nàdar, setting the tone for a sustainable supply chain for other distillers to follow. This is the seventh in a series of...
Revystar® XE (Revysol® + Xemium®), the proven and reliable cereal fungicide from BASF is now available, through label extension, for use in sugar beet. A welcome new addition to the sugar beet fungicide armoury, Revystar® XE gives excellent long-lasting control of the...
The 2024 Oxford Farming Conference (OFC) will be exploring the Power of Diversity in all its guises within the agrifood sector and wider rural economy. People, crop rotations, species genetics, food and farming systems, nations, politics and business structures. The...
It’s been a difficult spring but as warm weather settles in across the UK, combinable crops have turned a corner. We catch up with three growers to find out how their crops are looking: Edward Vipond, Suffolk Farm manager at Troston Farms in Suffolk, Edward Vipond, is...
The Turriff Show Ladies’ Day Committee will host their annual charity event in the run up to the 159th Turriff Show which takes place on Sunday the 30th & Monday the 31st of July 2023. Ladies’ day Committee Chair Fiona Gray said “The event, “Divas in the Den” will...
A new regenerative farming event will be held in Scotland this summer. GO Falkland, hosted on the Falkland Estate in Fife, will bring together speakers from across agriculture, agroforestry, soil biology and food provision, to create a one-day discussion forum for...
The newly announced programme at Groundswell Festival includes sessions that teach the basic principles and advanced long-form sessions on practical techniques. The event, which takes place at Lannock Manor Farm in Hertfordshire on Wednesday 28th to Thursday 29th June...
In recent years, an increasing number of arable farmers from the East Coast of Scotland who have not kept livestock for some time, have returned to our markets to purchase store cattle to help restore soil health on their farms. With the price of fertiliser rocketing...
A farm in the north-east of Scotland is experimenting with growing alternative crops, including nutrient-dense microgreens and vanilla, as part of its diversification to fill a fallow time of year. The 300-acre Waterside Farm, which grows wheat, barley, rye for...