BASIS has launched a new national database ofspecialistadvisers qualified to provide environmental adviceto farmers, to ensuretheyreceive quality assured up-to-date advice from trained individuals.
Íæż½ã½ã in the Midlands have until January 31 to apply for up to £10,000 of match funding to help make business improvements that protect water and the environment, as part of the Severn Trent Environmental Protection Scheme
With tight stocks and prices for glyphosate high, Alice Dyer takes a look at how to manage cover crops this season, which have been left lush after the mild autumn.
Íæż½ã½ã and growers flocked to the East of England Showground for this year’s Croptec Show to hear and see the latest news and developments in the arable sector.
Oilseed rape growers can improve propyzamide stewardship and reduce the risk of active ingredient run-off at per field accuracy this winter following updates to the Corteva Arable App.
Making the switch from brassicas to a winter grazing crop of rape, ryegrass and berseem clover has given one Welsh farmer an income boost while reducing soil erosion.
Scientists have discovered the genetics inside legumes which control the production of an oxygen-carrying molecule, crucial to the plant’s close relationships with nitrogen-fixing bacteria.
Íæż½ã½ã moving to non-inversion tillage and direct drilling need to ensure their soil structure is good to avoid releasing nitrous oxide into the atmosphere.
With greener fertilisers and other new technologies on the horizon, there is hope for farmers aiming for net zero.
Soil health should be considered a strategic asset, critical for maintaining not only food, but societal security.