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4X4S

Isuzu D-Max EV matches diesel in all but range

Walk up to the latest addition to the Isuzu D-Max stable and you’d be hard pressed to determine its means of propulsion. It looks like, well, every other D-Max. There…

CROP WATCH

Crop Watch: Variable spring barleys and weeds in potatoes

This week, our agronomists discuss the variability of spring barley crops, with some having patchy emergence and are struggling. And in Scotland, potato planting is nearing completion and the focus…

FARMER FOCUS

Farmer Focus: Weather extremes squeeze drilling and silaging

I often start with the weather and how it’s affecting things on the farm. But when it changes so much from one month to the next, as it has this…

FARM ENERGY

Norfolk solar will ‘industrialise’ countryside, warn critics

Rural campaigners and MPs have warned that a wave of giant solar projects proposed across Norfolk could “industrialise” thousands of acres of productive farmland and reshape large areas of countryside…

TENANCIES AND RENTS

Duchy of Cornwall reassures farmers amid estate sale concerns

The Duchy of Cornwall has moved to reassure tenant farmers and rural communities that farming will remain at the heart of the estate, despite plans to sell some assets over…

NEWS

Tesco opens applications for 2026 agri-tech challenge

Tesco has opened applications for its 2026 Agri-tech Challenge, inviting innovators to submit technologies that help farmers improve resilience, productivity and sustainability across the food supply chain. Launched in partnership…

CROPS MARKETS AND PRICES

Government questioned on grain imports to Ensus plant

Procurement of wheat and maize for the Ensus UK bioethanol plant in Teesside has come under scrutiny, after reports that some of the grain was being imported from France. Questions…