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Record number of farmers bid for funding to grow cover crops
A record number of Cheshire farmers have bid for funding to grow cover crops over winter and help protect water quality. The online reverse auction…
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Growers could get new funding to invest in new technology post-Brexit
UK horticultural growers could get access to new sources of funding in order to invest in technologies post-Brexit. That’s according to Farming…
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Impact of summer heatwave on farmers will be felt ‘for months’
The impact of the summer heatwave on livestock and growers will be felt “for months to come”. According to a leading agronomist from the Royal…
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Potato plantings down to third-lowest area on record
British potato plantings have decreased amid extreme weather conditions, making it the third-lowest planted area on record. Estimates by AHDB show…
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'Brexit effect' combined with heatwave 'leaving crops to wilt'
British crops are not only wilting because of the prolonged scorching sunshine – it's the "Brexit effect" causing a shortage of seasonal workers to…
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£500,000 investment to bolster nitrogen and sulphur research in oats and wheat
Two new research projects on nitrogen and sulphur management in oats and wheat have been bolstered by a half a million pound co-investment from…
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Suspicious fire in East Lothian destroys crops worth over £100,000
Police are appealing for witnesses following a suspicious fire at a farm which the police say will have a "devastating" financial impact on the…
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'Seed Guardians' save Charles Darwin’s favourite pea variety from extinction
An endangered species of pea grown by Charles Darwin in the mid 1800s has been saved from extinction by a network of green-fingered ‘Seed Guardians’…
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Financial benefit of using GM crops was $18.2bn in 2016 alone, report says
A new report has quantified the significant financial benefit of using GM crop technology to maximise agricultural productivity. The report, which…
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'Far-reaching consequences': Bayer to appeal against EU verdict neonics
Agri-chemical giant Bayer is to appeal against the recent European Union verdict on neonicotinoids, saying it will have "far-reaching consequences"…
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