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Floods and drought paint mixed picture for bloc amid growing heatwave warning

From gaps in grant funding to opportunities for Scottish farmers and crofters; here is the latest farm grants news for your business

Undersowing grass into maize has many benefits, from improving soil health to maximising land use

GIANTS Software have announced the launch of their new game, Farming Simulator 25 will release on November 12

From inheritance tax worries to securing the future of a centuries old Scottish farm estate - these are six farming stories not to miss this week on FG

Former Liberal Democrat Leader and candidate for Westmorland and Lonsdale Tim Farron has slammed the Tory and Labour attitude to farming in his opinion piece for Íæż½ã½ã

The grass might have been slow at growing this spring, but with the warm May weather, lambs have soon bounced back and trade for outfits of sheep and lambs to go out to grass has remained high, says Kyle Hawksworth

Dan Hawes grew up on an arable farm in Suffolk and now produces strawberry and raspberry plants for the UK fruit market with Blaise Plants, sister company to Hugh Lowe Farms, Kent. The business grows outside, under tunnels and in glasshouses and produces more than four million plants a year. The arable side includes environmental schemes, with a mix of wheat, oilseed rape, beans and barley crops.

Alan Carter farms in partnership with his parents, Paul and Christine, on a 162 hectare (400-acre), 400-cow dairy unit at Constantine, Cornwall, with 130 milking cows, supplying Saputo. Alan, also a Parish Councillor, and his wife Sarah, have two children, Ross and Dana