Farm Business

Develon launches new mini-excavators

Develon has announced the new DX17Z-7 and DX19-7 mini-excavators, both powered by a Kubota D902 engine offering a 20% increased

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Hort news

Farming Connect skills courses key to staff development at horticulture business

A plant nursery that specialises in cultivating new and unusual species is applying the ethos of nurturing to its workforce

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Comment following meeting with the Farming Unions

The Minister for Rural Affairs Lesley Griffiths said: “I meet with the farming unions regularly and I wanted to have

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HTA member welcomes local MP and Secretary of State to discuss critical April border changes

As part of its push to get clarity on the details of the April border changes, the Horticultural Trades Association

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Independent review finds Red Tractor Governance is sound and no breach of procedure

The NFU have today (Monday 19th February) published Campbell Tickell’s independent review of Red Tractor Governance. Red Tractor Chair, Christine

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DEFRA

Press release: West Midlands anglers land total penalties of over £1,500

Four anglers from Birmingham, Stoke on Trent, Telford, and Shrewsbury received total penalties of £1,507 for fishing without a licence.

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Farm Business

Red Tractor review finds communication needed “as a priority”

A review of Red Tractor was carried out by Campbell Tickell following concerns from the NFU Council about their new

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Farm Business

British agtech company embarks on new project to tackle onion losses

A new Innovate UK project has been announced, spearheaded by Lincolnshire agtech firm B-hive Innovations. The FUSED – Integrated fusarium

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Farm Business

South West Showcase to support agritech adoption

Attendees to this year’s South West AgriTech Showcase will be able to hear about the support available for the development

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Farm Business

New Holland asks for memories of Basildon as the plant celebrates 60 years

The New Holland tractor plant based at Cranes Farm Road, Basildon, Essex, celebrates 60 years of continuous production this year.

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Farm Business

New dealer manager for Scotland appointed at Kubota

Kubota (UK) has announced that Ian Lauder will step into the role of agricultural and groundcare dealer manager for Scotland

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Hort news

Industry, government and science work together to protect plant health

Key industry figures including Defra’s Chief Plant Health Officer Nicola Spence, Fera Science Ltd CEO Dr Andrew Swift, and Horticultural Trades

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Specialist new industrial refrigeration business launched by CambridgeHOK

CambridgeHOK is expanding its operations into the industrial refrigeration systems market with the launch of a dedicated new business. A

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Hort news

Martin Clunes becomes Hartpury University and Hartpury College’s Chancellor

Hartpury University and Hartpury College are delighted to announce the appointment of esteemed British actor and presenter, Martin Clunes, as

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DEFRA

Guidance: Moving food and animal feed from Northern Ireland to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales)

Find out which food and animal feed goods qualify for unfettered access and can move from Northern Ireland to Great

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Hort news

Grower seasonal workers’ roadshows to take place in February and March

All growers using migrant seasonal workers are invited to attend free workshops at venues around the country in February and

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Hort news

Bayer launches online ToBRFV knowledge centre

Vegetables by Bayer launches it’s ‘Confidence On Every Level Campaign’ aiming to provide a trusted platform to inform customers on

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Hort news

Sparsholt College celebrates launch of RHS Chelsea Flower Show Garden entry for 2024

Sparsholt College has teamed up with The Colegrave Seabrook Foundation to create Sparsholt’s 2024 RHS Chelsea Flower Show Discovery entry

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DEFRA

Statutory guidance: Tree health pilot scheme 2024: grant funding agreement terms and conditions

Forestry Commission’s terms and conditions for tree health pilot scheme 2024 grant funding agreements.

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DEFRA

Statutory guidance: Tree health pilot scheme 2023: oak processionary moth grant terms and conditions

Forestry Commission’s terms and conditions for tree health pilot scheme – oak processionary moth grant funding agreements, for 2023.

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DEFRA

Statutory guidance: Tree health pilot scheme 2024: oak processionary moth grant terms and conditions

Forestry Commission’s terms and conditions for tree health pilot scheme – oak processionary moth grant funding agreements, for 2024.

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DEFRA

Statutory guidance: Tree health pilot scheme 2024: SPHN advice package grant funding agreement terms and conditions

Forestry Commission’s terms and conditions for tree health pilot scheme 2024 Statutory Plant Health Notice (SPHN) advice package grant funding

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Farm Business

Call for farm businesses to help support student vets with practical experience

The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS), the regulatory body for UK veterinary surgeons, is looking for owners of animal

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Hort news

Academic’s insights sought for British Embassy Women in AgriTech event

Principal Lecturer in Agronomy at Harper Adams, Louisa Dines was selected as part of a panel of agricultural specialists from

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DEFRA

Promotional material: Border Target Operating Model: information leaflets for businesses

Information to help businesses prepare for a new approach to importing goods to Great Britain under the Border Target Operating

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DEFRA

News story: Vital new wetland habitat protected with announcement of a new King’s National Nature Reserve

Devon’s Pebblebed Heaths National Nature Reserve to extended by nearly 90 hectares, the equivalent of 128 football pitches, to encompass

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Farm Business

New variable chamber baler from Kuhn

Kuhn Farm Machinery has announced the VB 3200 variable chamber range, said to provide an additional 10% capacity and bale

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Hort news

The Fruit Grower – February Opinion

We are not alone, farmers across Europe are staging protests. Footage of furious French farmers blocking roads into Paris made

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Hort news

Unlifted European potatoes present seed crisis

With up to 800,000 tonnes of unlifted potatoes in Northern Europe, concerns are now growing for the availability and quality

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Hort news

Hazera’s new high tech tomato greenhouse

Hazera has recently acquired a new high-tech greenhouse next to their headquarters in Made, The Netherlands. According to Yossi Shapiro,

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Hort news

Government must take horticulture sector seriously or risk its future

The government’s response to the House of Lords Horticulture Sector Committee Report does not adequately address the significant challenges facing

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Farm Business

Thousands of British farmers join government incentive schemes

One in eight eligible farmers has now submitted applications for the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) since September, despite concerns that

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Farm Business

Cornish firm appointed as an Authorised Bobcat Dealer

Hamblys Ltd, based in Launceston, Cornwall, has been appointed the new Authorised Bobcat Dealer for Cornwall and Devon with immediate

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Farm Business

Avon Tuning HD appoints new technical support team member

Avon Tuning HD has brought in David Tripon to the new role of technical sales engineer to support and expand

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Hort news

Farming company fined £320,000 after death of family man

A company involved in fruit and vegetable production has been fined £320,000 after a man “who always put family first”

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Hort news

Tubex invests in research partnership to optimise biodegradable tree shelters

Tubex has embarked on a research project with a leading Dutch research institute to explore the science behind biodegradable tree

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Hort news

Jancis Robinson MW OBE receives 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award

Jancis Robinson MW OBE has been named the recipient of the 2024 Institute of Masters of Wine (IMW) Lifetime Achievement Award.

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DEFRA

Guidance: Bovine TB: get your cattle tested in England

The tests you must arrange for bovine TB, what happens if your cattle test positive, when cattle must be slaughtered,

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DEFRA

Press release: Thousands of applications made for Sustainable Farming Incentive

SFI has been expanded and improved based on farmers’ feedback to include 50 new actions and a 10% increase in

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Farm Business

Vogelsang introduces retrofit parts to halve trailing shoe spacing

The new DoubleFlow linkage option for trailing shoe applicators from Vogelsang will enable operators to halve the row spacing from

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Farm Business

Farming protests erupt across the UK against new government regulation

UK farmers nationwide have been protesting and blocking roads across England and Wales in an outrage against recent legislative changes

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Farm Business

JCB cyclists set to pedal around the world to raise money for cancer charity

A team of cyclists from JCB are embarking on a massive fundraising challenge to enhance the lives of children and

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Hort news

‘Near perfect’ year for wine

WineGB is celebrating what it believes will be Great Britain’s largest-ever grape harvest. In the industry’s post-harvest report – ‘2023

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Farm Business

Farming mental health campaigns recruits household names to promote awareness

Rural charity the Farm Safety Foundation (Yellow Wellies) has found that mental health among agricultural workers has become a nationwide

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Farm Business

Cefetra partners with NatWest to support growers

Aiming to reduce financial barriers for growers looking to adopt more sustainable practices, Cefetra has partnered with NatWest. The banking

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Farm Business

Kirkby Tyres announces partnership with Maxam Europe

Maxam, part of the Sailun Group, used Lamma 2024 as a launch pad for its tyre portfolio, which will now

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DEFRA

Press release: New housing developments to deliver nature boost in landmark move

In a world first, developers in England are now required to deliver 10% Biodiversity Net Gain when building new housing,

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DEFRA

Press release: Government cracks down on bonuses for water company bosses

Water bosses are set to be banned from receiving bonuses if a company has committed serious criminal breaches, the Environment

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Hort news

‘Eat Them To Defeat Them’ returns to build on its success in improving children’s vegetable consumption

Veg Power, ITV, Channel 4 and Sky Media have announced that their multi award-winning Eat Them To Defeat Them campaign

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Farm Business

Silotite launches new bale film range with 25% recycled plastic

The new SilotitePro1800 Sustane range of bale film is developed with 25% post-consumer recycled plastic, according to Silotite. By using

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DEFRA

Policy paper: Government response to House of Lords, Horticultural Sector Committee – report of session 2022 to 2023

A response by the government to the House of Lords, Horticultural Sector Committee – report of session 2022 to 2023.

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Farm Business

Teagle updates Tomahawk range for Lamma

Cornish manufacturer Teagle used Lamma 2024 as a launching pad for the Tomahawk C120 Calibrator straw processor. It’s an update

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Farm Business

Amazone introduces new adjustable wing share for mulch cultivator range

A new wing share has been launched for the Amazone Cenius and Cenio mounted cultivators. Measuring 360mm wide, it can

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Farm Business

Claydon Drills receives ecological excellence award

Suffolk manufacturer Claydon Drills has been recognised by the Suffolk Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group (SFWAG) for its design and

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Farm Business

Yara UK appoints YaraVita product manager

Chris Harrold has been appointed as product manager for the YaraVita biostimulant range for the UK and Ireland. He joins

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Farm Business

Cereal and oilseed sector sees increased AHDB levy rate receive approval

A levy rate increase put forward by the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) that will cover Cereals and Oilseed

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Farm Business

National Arable and Grassland Awards announces winners at lavish London event

Last night (the 7th of February) the industry came together to celebrate the very best working in agriculture at the

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Hort news

The Commercial Greenhouse Grower – February Opinion

The NFU’s latest survey shows that growth in the horticulture sector is under threat as rising costs become more of

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Hort news

Exciting expansion in Egypt fuels BerryWorld’s blueberry boom

The Egyptian blueberry season is now in full swing and BerryWorld and Agriventure are delighted with this year’s quality. Agriventure’s

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Hort news

Saga Robotics secures $11,5 million in growth capital for US and UK expansion

Technology company Saga Robotics has successfully raised $11,5 million in growth capital through an equity transaction. Existing shareholders, Nysnø Climate

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Tomato growers add voices to criticism of BTOM

The tomato sector is the latest branch of UK horticulture to criticise the government’s planned checks under the Border Target

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Farm Business

Farming couple highlights the importance of working safely with livestock

Farming couple Carol and Richard Rettie will attend The Farmers’ Choir performance at Perth Concert Hall later this month, and

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Farm Business

Agriculture input costs likely to remain high in 2024, AHDB warns

New statistics released by ADHB show that farm profitability may be impacted in 2024, due to short-term variability in input

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Farm Business

Red Tractor protects UK access to biofuels market

At the end of January, Red Tractor confirmed that the European Commission had assessed it to be a recognised scheme

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Farm Business

Procam appoints southeast agronomy specialist

Agronomy firm Procam has announced that Justin Smith will join its team in the southeast of England as a regional

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Hort news

UK exhibitor group at IPM 2024 reports fruitful participation

The CHA group included specialist breeders and growers David Austin Roses, The Guernsey Clematis Nursery/Raymond Evison Clematis and Pinnacle Plants,

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Microgreens made to order

In a significant development for personalised nutrition, researchers in Italy have cultivated microgreens with bespoke nutritional profiles to serve individual

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Hort news

Bells Horticultural acquires Peter Beales Roses

Bells Horticultural have announced the acquisition of the Peter Beales Roses business. This strategic move solidifies Bells Horticultural’s commitment to

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Farm Business

Pöttinger offers modular tank system for one-pass operation

Pöttinger’s Tegosem hopper has been developed as an option for several of the company’s machines, enabling operators to cultivate, seed

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Farm Business

Teagle updates Tomahawk bale processors

Teagle’s range of bale processors has been updated, with the 8200 and 8250 replacing the previous 8100 generation. The 8200

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Farm Business

Cornish grower sees return on investment from upgraded grain plant

Pete Olds and his father Len grow 300 acres of combinable crops but were finding that their grain processing plant

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Farm Business

Severe brome threat spells concern for wheat growers

New evidence shows that hundreds of farmers, contractors and agronomists have identified brome as a prominent threat in the ongoing

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Chartered Institute of Horticulture

The Young Horticulturist of the Year Competition 2024 is launched!

We are thrilled to be launching the 2024 Young Horticulturist of the Year Competition (YHoY) run by the Chartered Institute

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Farm Business

Bridgestone secures deal for over 50 New Holland tractors

The agricultural team at Bridgestone has secured fitment of its VX-Tractor range to more than 50 New Holland machines across

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Farm Business

Poor start to 2024 tractor registrations

The Agricultural Engineers Association (AEA) has announced tractor registration figures for January 2024. The year has started slowly, with just

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Farm Business

Cheffins to conduct dealer dispersal in line with succession plan

Lincolnshire dealer Irelands Farm Machinery has employed Cheffins to conduct an onsite auction on the 28th of February, following a

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Farm Business

Suffolk Farming Conference looks at how to thrive

Taking place on the 29th of February, the Suffolk Farming Conference will return to Trinity Park Events Centre, Ipswich, with

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DEFRA

Press release: Ensuring crime doesn’t pay: New Economic Crime Unit to tackle money laundering and carry out financial investigations

The Environment Agency launches Economic Crime Unit to address serious financial offences in the waste sector

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Hort news

IPM ESSEN donates over 1,000 trees to its exhibitors for anniversary

For the 40th edition of IPM ESSEN, Messe Essen has come up with something special for exhibitors at the world’s

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DEFRA

Press release: New Forest for the Nation competition launched

The Forest for the Nation will improve public access to nature and provide a boost for our native wildlife

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Farm Business

Kuhn introduces autonomous arable robot

Visitors to Agritechnica will have had the chance to see the KARL robot, Kuhn Farm Machinery’s autonomous system aimed at

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Farm Business

Kubota showcases engine solutions

At Lamma 2024, Kubota introduced a series of new engine technologies designed for the OEM market. These included a 3.8-litre

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Farm Business

Irish growers gain access to Univoq

Corteva Agriscience has announced that wheat growers in Ireland will now be able to apply Univoq, a leading fungicide for

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Farm Business

Rural Payment Agency support sees UK farmers benefit

Farmers and rural businesses across the country received support from the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) last year, aiding the delivery

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Hort news

LVGA highlights ‘perfect storm’ of challenges facing cucumber growers

Lee Stiles, secretary of the Lea Valley Growers Association (LVGA), which represents around 80 growers of protected edibles, has told

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Hort news

Red Tractor protects UK farmer access to biofuels market

This month Red Tractor received confirmation of its successful assessment by the European Commission (EC) as a recognised scheme under

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Hort news

Clockhouse Farm head calls for action to save berry sector

In a recent opinion piece written for the Fresh Produce Consortium, Oli Pascall, managing director of Clock House Farm warned

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Hort news

Industry reeling after changes to border check classifications

The last few weeks have seen growers, packers and processors expressing their concerns about the imminent border inspection regime. However,

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