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Harvest 2016 'an average harvest with growers concerned about blackgrass'
Harvest 2016 was 'an average harvest with growers grateful for the quality', and the issue of blackgrass remains a huge concern for arable farmers…
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Weakening pound: Unusual market dynamics in Northern-European potato trade
The weakening of the pound's position is affecting the price of British potatoes compared to supplies from Belgium and the Netherlands. "Presently…
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University produces 'precision soil maps' to assist farmers into precision farming
A University is helping produce ‘precision soil maps’ to assist with ensuring the UK’s future food security by making it more affordable for farmers…
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Farming faces 'unprecedented challenge' with climate change, says report
Farmers urgently need help to change methods of growing food if the world is to curb greenhouse gas emissions, the UN has said. A report by the Food…
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Dramatic shift in global supply dynamics 'could add vulnerability' to grain market
Grain markets are entering an unprecedented fourth year of surplus but all is not as it first appears, AHDB Cereals & Oilseeds have said. With…
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New laboratory opens in Hampshire to help battle crop-killing fungi
A new laboratory has opened to help drive vital research into the control of fungi which attacks the world's most important cereal crops. The…
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Farmland in England at risk of becoming unprofitable through soil erosion
Some of the most productive farmland in England is at risk of becoming unprofitable within a generation through soil erosion, the government has…
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'Arable farmers need to make the most of lower input costs to help sector'
New figures have revealed that the costs faced by arable farmers have fallen, new figures show. The latest data from Anglia Farmers AgInflation Index…
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Greater plant diversity in farm fields could reduce insect pest pressures, new study says
Left to its own defenses, a farm field growing a variety of plants tends to attract fewer insect pests than a field growing just one type of crop…
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Agriculture MEPs back deal to fight influx of pests to the EU
New rules to curb the growing influx into the EU of plant pests and better equipment to tackle their spread were endorsed by the Agriculture…
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