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England suffers worst cereal and oilseed harvest in over 40 years
England has recorded its smallest combined cereal and oilseed rape harvest in a historical series dating back to 1984, as extreme heat and drought…
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Red diesel costs soar 50% in a year as farmers face autumn squeeze
Red diesel prices have risen by more than 50% in a year, according to new industry estimates, leaving farmers facing significantly higher machinery…
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New research aims to stop European crop diseases reaching Britain
Scientists are stepping up efforts to protect UK potatoes, sugar beet, carrots and grapevines from bacterial diseases spreading across Europe before…
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136 hectares of farmland to be rewetted in Great Fen project
Work has begun to rewet 136 hectares of former wheat and potato land in Cambridgeshire, as a major new trial seeks to show whether peat restoration…
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NFU Sugar and British Sugar strike £28.50/t beet deal
Sugar beet growers will be offered a fixed price of £28.50/t for the 2027/28 crop after NFU Sugar and British Sugar finally reached agreement…
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Nearly half of OSR sites set to hit phoma threshold from mid-October
Nearly half of oilseed rape forecast sites across Great Britain could reach the key phoma treatment threshold in the week beginning 18 October…
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UK grain growers among hardest hit as European harvest losses soar
Europe’s grain harvest has taken an estimated €3.2 billion (£2.72bn) hit after extreme heat and drought wiped 16.7 million tonnes from production…
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Drought-hit farms get October boost for reservoir refilling
Farmers across England are being given more flexibility to refill on-farm reservoirs as drought-hit water supplies remain under severe pressure after…
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AHDB U-turn keeps Farmbench alive for another year
Farmers will retain access to AHDB’s Farmbench service for another year after the levy board abandoned plans to close the benchmarking platform at…
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Major oilseed rape disease pathogen shows widespread SDHI resistance
Scientists have found resistance to key SDHI fungicides in 95% of UK isolates of a major oilseed rape disease pathogen, raising concerns over the…
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