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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

A career in agronomy and business consultancy offers the perfect mix for Oli Pilbeam, as Tim Relf discovers

Following the launch of the 300M series late last year at Agritechnica, the UK rollout of Deere’s new self-propelled sprayer has been long anticipated. James Huyton takes one of the first machines out to find out more.

UK crop conditions improve while global weather patterns impact grain markets

The extension will mean 43,000 visas will be available to the horticulture sector in 2025, with another 2,000 visas for poultry

The Irish Íæż½ã½ã Association said the sector is fighting to survive

The 2023/24 sugar beet campaign was completed on April 19

Recently appointed John Deere’s agriculture and turf business president for Europe, Asia and Africa, Deanna Kovar invited a small group of European journalists to a Q&A session.

Nick Bragg, of Frogmary Green Farm, is embarking on an extraordinary cycling challenge alongside a Krone BiG X forager, to raise awareness and funds for the RABI

After a career switch, Andy Cato's new priorities include environmental stability and allowing consumers to access sustainably-grown produce