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CROP MANAGEMENT

Advice on key focus areas to ease pressure on arable margins

The outlook for arable businesses in the year ahead is one of tightening margins, rising costs and increasing uncertainty. Farm output is under significant strain, driven primarily by poor commodity…

ENVIRONMENT

Borders farm invests in large-scale agroforestry push

A farm in the Scottish Borders is demonstrating the potential of agroforestry through a large-scale tree planting project designed to support both agriculture and the environment. The initiative, led by…

FARMLIFE FRAMED

Photo of the Week: Spring smiles brighten March weather

After one of the wettest beginning to the year on record, the sun is beginning to break through in many places across the country. And what better way to tempt…

BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

Share farming rises up agenda as a farm structure choice

Once used mainly in livestock and dairy systems, share farming is now a common joint venture arrangement in arable too, as practical, financial and tax pressures present new challenges to…

FARMER FOCUS

Farmer Focus: Turnip fields drying out to finish store lambs

Spring has arrived, and after such a prolonged wet winter, it couldn’t be more welcome. I even managed to apply 125kg/ha of polysulphate to the oilseed rape before the end…

MACHINERY

Andrew Ward puts his arable machinery fleet up for auction

The machinery assets of Roy Ward (Farms) will be up for grabs later this month, as Lincolnshire grower Andrew Ward dispenses with his entire fleet following a two-year business review.…

OPINION

Opinion: Agri-tech must earn its place on-farm 

The potential benefits of embracing agri-tech for farmers running high-risk, capital-intensive businesses are clear to see. Innovation in artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics, for example, holds huge potential to bring…