Blog – Page 112 – Anglia Farmer Magazine

How to get the best from nutrients this spring

Arable 13/04/2023

Crops must have all nutrients needed
to get best returns this season

Cereals tickets raise money for charity

Arable 13/04/2023

Early bird tickets for Cereals 2023 are now on sale, with half the proceeds going to the Multiple System Atrophy Trust, a charity close to the host farmer’s heart.

How adjusting septoria score can protect early wheat crops

Arable Wheat 12/04/2023

Tweaking winter wheat fungicide programmes to reflect drilling date can help mitigate yield losses from septoria, says ADAS research.

Optimise herbicide applications for effective weed control this spring

Arable 12/04/2023

Maximising herbicide efficiency will be key to controlling weeds while reducing input costs this spring.

Budget changes not enough for farming

Opinion 12/04/2023

Planned changes to inheritance tax relief could help landowners and tenant farmers – but the government still lacks a coherent vision for agriculture as a whole.

Farmer builds resilience with trees and hedges

Forestry News 01/04/2023

The Woodland Trust has decades of experience helping farmers to make their businesses more economically and ecologically resilient with trees and hedges. We take a look at one landowner’s experience of planting with the Trust’s MOREhedges scheme.

Plan to extend agricultural inheritance tax relief

Professional Services 30/03/2023

Government plans could see agricultural inheritance tax relief extended to include land under long-term environmental land management.

Novel grass ‘could be a gamechanger’

Forage 30/03/2023

Scientists have developed a new grass variety which could be a gamechanger for livestock farmers facing increasingly extreme weather conditions.

Defra rules out making changesto bird flu compensation

Pig & Poultry 30/03/2023

The government has ruled out further changes to bird flu compensation – saying it is important to maintain a level playing field across the poultry sector.

Push ahead urgently with review of pork sector, Defra warned

Pig & Poultry 30/03/2023

The government is being urged
to push forward with its pork supply chain view – and help secure lasting reform and a fairer trading environment for struggling pig producers.