Arable

Cambridgeshire brothers Mat and Lloyd Smith are taking bold steps to safeguard a sustainable future for their family's fenland arable farm. Teresa Rush reports

While mid-May's cooler weather saw lower early aphid counts in sugar beet crops, late-drilled crops are likely to present an easy target for aphid colonisation and challenges for insecticide targeting

One Dorset farm has identified six key areas to secure oilseed rape establishment, securing successful yields and a firm place in a profitable rotation

As maize continues to be drilled around the country, we chat to experts about the benefits of establishing an under-sown grass crop, suitable varieties, and payments available

Over the last few months, the digital passport leadership group has been working on proposals for a digital combinable crops passport to replace the current paper passport

Government-funded project aims to offer farmers route to diversification and business resilience

Farmers warned to be wary of cheap or unlabelled products

Agronomists say T3 will be essential in controlling rusts and septoria

Paraffin oil product Olie-H can now be employed to help non-persistently transmitted potyviruses

This week from Farmers Guardian's head of news and business Alex Black