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We collate the financial and market data relevant to UK agriculture, so you can view the latest prices, analyse trends over time and compare prices between UK livestock markets.
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21 Aug 2018
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CropTec

25 Nov 2020
The CropTec show is for all farmers and agronomists seeking the latest information on innovative methods to increase profits from crop production.
LAMMA 2021

LAMMA 2021

25 May 2021
Visit the UK’s leading indoor agricultural event, with eleven packed halls of the very latest in agricultural machinery and equipment. Now at the NEC, Birmingham this is free to attend and free to park.

Soil

‘I strongly encourage everyone to start planning now to embrace low carbon practices and technologies’

‘I strongly encourage everyone to start planning now to embrace low carbon practices and technologies’

15 Jan 202014:54
Environmentfarm lifeScotlandSoilTechnology
Talking arable with Sophie Alexander: Herbal leys have cut weeds and boosted lambing percentage

Talking arable with Sophie Alexander: Herbal leys have cut weeds and boosted lambing percentage

07 Apr 201906:23
Organic farmer, Sophie Alexander welcomes a new piece of kit on her farm, which cuts out an entire field operation.
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Talking Agronomy with Andrew Roy: It is all about water

Talking Agronomy with Andrew Roy: It is all about water

19 May 201810:53
In north east England, we are used to challenging springs but this one stood out, even by our standards. The only consolation is the whole country shared our ‘northern spring’.
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Russell McKenzie: 'With all the hype about soil degradation isn't it time to wake up and smell the coffee'

Russell McKenzie: 'With all the hype about soil degradation isn't it time to wake up and smell the coffee'

15 Jan 201715:30
Russell is farm manager for John Sheard Farms and a partner in the family farm of D.J. Tebbit, responsible for a combined total of 995 hectares (2,457 acres) with land crossing into Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire. Cropping is split between winter wheat grown for seed, milling and feed, winter barley, winter oilseed rape, spring barley, spring beans and spring oats. Russell is an AHDB monitor farmer and a 2014 Nuffield Scholar.
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Talking Arable with Jim Bullock: Storing data

Talking Arable with Jim Bullock: Storing data

14 Jan 201716:34
We have our annual farm assurance (Red Tractor) inspection during the first week in December. This coincides with my first New Year’s resolution: to keep all of our spray and fertiliser records up-to-date.
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Talking Agronomy with Chris Martin: Thinking about soils in 2017

Talking Agronomy with Chris Martin: Thinking about soils in 2017

13 Jan 201714:04
Winter has finally arrived allowing sprayers to be put to bed for a well-earned rest following a very hectic period of work facilitated by the unusually open autumn.
AgronomySoil
Talking Roots with Darryl Shailes: Drawing up an R&D wish list

Talking Roots with Darryl Shailes: Drawing up an R&D wish list

18 Jul 201614:31
I recently visited the AHDB SPot Farm, at Elveden Estate. It is a really great initiative and of special interest to me to see targeted R&D happening on a sandy soil – types of soil very similar to those where I work.
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Talking agronomy with Chris Martin: Assessing the impact of poor soil structure

Talking agronomy with Chris Martin: Assessing the impact of poor soil structure

08 Jul 201610:35
It is certainly looking like a mixed bag for combinable crops across the North East and very much a year of extremes, showing the differences between crops on good land and those on not so good land.


 
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