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Food Price Index rises in seventh consecutive month led by increasing wheat prices
The UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation's (FAO) Food Price Index rose slightly in February, marking its seventh consecutive monthly rise, led by…
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Black-grass requires a ‘three-pronged’ attack, farmers told by AHDB-funded initiative
Farmers have been told that the devastating weed black-grass requires a 'three-pronged attack' to help easily manage it. An AHDB-funded workshop told…
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1 in 3 Scottish farmers blame neonicotinoid ban for rapeseed crop damage
The neonicotinoid ban has resulted in far greater damage to oilseed rape crops, according to a third of Scottish arable farmers. Growers are…
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'Business-as-usual is not an option': World's food security 'in jeopardy' due to multiple challenges, report warns
Mankind's future ability to feed itself is in jeopardy due to intensifying pressures on natural resources, mounting inequality, and the fallout from…
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Farmer creates petition to stop the removal of glyphosate as a result of 'anti farming groups spreading false science'
Farmers across the UK have joined efforts in showing politicians and the public why glyphosate is so critical to agriculture. A petition has been…
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Lifting EU sugar quotas will increase UK sugar beet production by 50 per cent, British Sugar says
The lifting of EU sugar quotas in October 2017 and leaving of the EU offers exciting opportunities for British Sugar and the wider UK beet sugar…
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Green cover headlands proving a positive attraction for pollinators
Green cover headlands sown on potato and root vegetable crop headlands is proving a positive attraction for pollinators, and helping to conserve…
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'Bring out your data!': Farmers encouraged to show off technology which helps capture data on farm
How to use images from a phone camera to estimate potato yield, analyse text messages to get closer to your customers and create scenarios to meet…
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Vegan Society uses 'ten-a-day' study to further its cause - saying agriculture has an 'underlying problem'
The Vegan Society has said agriculture has an 'underlying problem', and has called on farmers to take up more fruit and vegetable farming. This comes…
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Climate change could deplete mineral levels on agricultural land, research suggests
Climate change could increase the risk of the human diet being deficient in a vital mineral found in agricultural land named 'selenium', research has…
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