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Corteva is urging growers to use the best available trial data when making maize variety decisions this spring. Erratic weather patterns have created issues with planting and harvesting in previous The post Using data to guide maize variety decisions appeared first on Farm Contractor & Large Scale Farmer.

Merlo has announced that Stuart Henry has re-joined the business as area service manager, covering the Northern England territory. Stuart initially joined the company in 2014, having worked extensively in The post Merlo welcomes back Stuart Henry into area service manager role appeared first on Farm Contractor & Large Scale Farmer.

Statutory guidance for vets, importers and border control officials when importing pet food and feed for other animals, including fish bait, to Great Britain.

Find out when you must charge a minimum of 10 pence for single-use carrier bags, bags you’re not required to charge for and the records you must keep and submit.

Periods of heavy rain and flooding have complicated crop establishment. Key nutrients are leached away, meaning that germinated crops can be put under increased stress, while later-drilled seeds can be The post How to maintain the health of your soils appeared first on Farm Contractor & Large Scale Farmer.

England’s trees outside woodlands have been mapped by satellite and laser are freely available for first time revealing they make up 30% of nation’s tree cover.

Data from the Zoetis Parasite Watch Scheme, which collates data from farms regularly monitoring faecal worm egg counts (FWEC) in lambs, has shown unexpectedly high strongyle (roundworm) burdens, even running The post ‘No regular worm season’ as Zoetis urges farmers to conduct faecal egg counts appeared first on Farm Contractor & Large Scale Farmer.

When we first visited Rod Green back in 2018, he was just two years into running his own contracting company, focused primarily on plant contracting, groundworks and hedgetrimming. He had The post Long-term contracts help contractor expand business appeared first on Farm Contractor & Large Scale Farmer.

With March usually representing the peak month for tractor registrations, it should be no surprise that last month saw the most registrations since March 2024. However, the figures from the The post Tractor registrations peak in March, but still represent a significant downturn appeared first on Farm Contractor & Large Scale Farmer.

The British Ecological Society has published a new report, put together with the expertise of more than 40 academics, practitioners and farmers, to assess the positive outcomes of regenerative agriculture. The post New report shows benefits of reducing bare soil appeared first on Farm Contractor & Large Scale Farmer.

Horizon Agricultural Machinery has expanded its DSX no-till range with the new rigid-frame 3m and 4m models, which the company states will give more growers access to the DSX technology. The post Horizon adds new rigid frame disc drills to no-till range appeared first on Farm Contractor & Large Scale Farmer.

ProCam agronomist Alistair Gordon is warning that spring barley growers may need to apply an early fungicide to counter increased net blotch pressure. “Net blotch has rapidly become one of The post ProCam says early protection need to mitigate net blotch appeared first on Farm Contractor & Large Scale Farmer.