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Are people sticking to the older trusted varieties or have certain new wheats performed unexpectedly well on a trying year?

445: AHDB Dairy: Working with retailers Written by Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board Given maintaining a positive reputation of dairy is crucial to underpinning the future success of the industry, Knowledge Exchange Manager James Hague looks at how AHDB works with retailers to...

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland Projected harvest yields at European level have been revised downwards for almost all combinable crops with weather extremes cited as the key factor in all instances. The latest harvest projections are contained in the August edition of the EU...

Written by Rachel Birch from Agriland Organisers of Lamb Bank 2024 are calling on Scottish sheep farmers to donate to the charitable initiative ran by the Institute of Auctioneers and Appraisers in Scotland (IAAS), which aims to deliver tonnes of Scottish lamb meat to schools across the...

Written by Colm Ryan from Agriland The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) has welcomed the government’s announcement that it will bring an end to culling badgers to control bovine tuberculosis (TB), instead driving down rates through vaccination. But the charity...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland Wheat growers are being urged to manage risk by taking on board the lessons of the “challenging” 2023/24 season when making this autumn’s drilling and variety decisions. According to Syngenta seeds technical manager, Matthew Bull, as well as the...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland Whitewool Farm is set to host an event centred on how to enhance the biology of soils an the impact this has on farm performance and productivity. Organised by the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB), the event will take place...

Firstly apologies if this has been asked before. Recently had some soil tests done and had been advised that we have a high magnesium to calcium ratio. Some fields also require some pH balancing. We had been advised to apply calcium based lime or gypsum to help the soil but just wanted to...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) is offering training through its Stockperson Development Scheme for those wanting to progress in the pig industry. The training takes the form of three-hour workshops, that are now...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) has submitted an official complaint to the BBC regarding Queen guitarist Brian May’s bovine tuberculosis (bovine TB) documentary. The TV documentary ‘Brian May: The Badgers, The Farmers...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland The female pig breeding herd is down 2.2% to 251,000 head compared to 2023, the smallest number on record. The latest Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) figures show that the pig population in England stood at 3.68 million...

I’m getting to the stage where I’ve been running the business for a few years and just about feel like I have half an idea of what I’m doing. However I’d like to try and push on and improve. There’s a few management type courses/schemes out there. The Worshipful Company of Farmers do two I...

How are people finding their wheat protein levels. Ours have never been so low feed and milling😢

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland Breeding ruminant livestock that produce less methane while, at the same time, achieving higher levels of performance, is feasible. It has already been confirmed that, under the same farm conditions, there will be variations in relation to the amount...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) has said it is “disappointed” that the BBC’s documentary on bovine tuberculosis (bovine TB) was “missing key evidence”. AHDB said the programme, presented by Queen guiatrist Brian May...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland An event organised by the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) will look at regenerating soils while maximising grazing days. The event will take place from 10:30a.m – 2:30p.m on Tuesday, September 17, at Lydney Park Farms, Mile...

You must use a seed mix that contains at least 2 species from 2 or more of the following plant families: brassicas legumes cereals or grasses herbs Ive read this many times and still dont understand what is required here. Must I plant four Species? Two each from Two seperate plant families...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland The National Pig Association (NPA) has said a recent African swine fever (ASF) simulation exercise highlighted the importance of record keeping. The NPA collaborated with the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) for the...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland The EU-spec standard pig price has inched up against during the week ended August 17, gaining 0.06p to reach 209.84p/kg, following the previous week’s 0.24p increase. The standard pig price (SPP) has lost 2.5p since the start of June and is...