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Cambridgeshire farmer, Jamie Stokes manages his family's 1,000 hectare arable farm for his 96 year old grandfather. Years of succession planning had set a route for a fairly painless transition down two generations in one step. However, now if his grandfather survives until April 2026, at least 200 hectares of the farm must be sold to pay the tax bill, he says. And having just adjusted the business to survive the loss of subsidies, the maths on losing a fifth of the farm's land poses another major challenge.

Diversity may be a key part of conservation agriculture, but with it comes new challenges for controlling weeds

As pressure mounts on farms to reach net zero, Welsh agronomist Chris Taylor set off on a journey to find out how other farmers around the world are heading down the same path

Defra-backed scheme will help farmers better understand the impact of their farming system

Trial results show early application is highly efficient while avoiding environmental soil losses

Organisation encouraging everyone to get down on the land in honour of the soil

NFU crops board chairman Matt Culley is a fourth-generation farmer from Hampshire working in partnership with his parents and brother.

Promoting diverse colonies of soil biology to improve plant health is something most regenerative farming systems are based around. And while biology cannot offer consistent control of pests or disease like an agrochemical might, its use is an important piece of the integrated crop management puzzle.

Want to improve your soils but feel apprehensive about it? Soil Association adviser Katy Jo Stanton has some words of wisdom.