Potatoes

In today's Farming in Five, chief reporter Rachael Brown summarise the farmers' protest in Whitehall and concerns raised by some Labour backbencher MPs in yesterday's Westminster Hall debate, proposals for a new state-of-the-art abattoir in Orkney backed by Scotland's First Minister John Swinney, and new reward points being offered to potato growers who can an demonstrate best application practice at planting when using Nemathorin to manage key soil pests

Syngenta says incentive helps farmers adhere to best practice

New research says early detection of pest population is key

Bananas and potatoes top Aldi's latest wasted food list

Suffolk potato grower Harry Suckling writes about his family farm and his hopes to see Chancellor Rachel Reeves' proposed taxation reforms on UK agriculture reversed

As the potato harvest draws to a close across the UK, Cedric Porter takes a look at the markets

Farmers and growers urged to get behind science and industry partnership

Residual levy payer funding to support seven projects

The supermarket retailer said it was committed to making investments and changes to the way it worked to support British farmers

In the last of our potato agronomy series, Farmers Guardian gets the view on harvest prospects and talking points of the 2024 season from agronomists in Scotland and England