Author Posts: Henrietta Szathmary

The final phase of Defra’s Future Farming Resilience Fund (FFRF) is now live, offering up to 32,000 farmers in England who currently receive direct payments free business advice to help prepare for the upcoming transition.

Farmers intending to cover their maize fields with grass this winter can now claim £200 per hectare from South East Water.

The 2022 Hutchinsons maize trials in Cumbria offered growers and contractors insight into new ways of maximising maize output in the less than favourable growing conditions of the north west.

With winter just around the corner, now is the time to ensure your premises are prepared for the pest problems that lie ahead. 1env Solutions offers some tips.

Adding pendimethalin and/or diflufenican to select herbicide co-packs can boost pre-emergence weed control in winter wheat, according to the crop protection company ADAMA.

The post-weaning diarrhoea (PWD) vaccine Coliprotec can prevent the disease in nearly 60% of pig herds, UK diagnostic testing data has shown.

The British Meat Processors Association (BMPA) said Defra’s recently launched consultation focuses on too small a part of the pork supply chain and ignores many of the complexities that contributed to the recent crisis in the pig sector.