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🚜 Tesco says low-carbon fertilisers must move from trials to wider farm use to help protect British growers from price shocks
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🐌 Farmers could soon be able to target slug control more precisely after a Defra-funded project developed maps predicting where the pest is most likely to strike
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📉🌾 Great Britain’s barley area has fallen to its lowest level in 16 years as growers rethink rotations in response to weaker margins, rising costs and changing demand
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💚 Agricultural consultant Nigel Davies is urging farmers to seek help early after caring for his wife through terminal cancer
“If something doesn’t feel right, don’t ignore it”
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❗🐖 Hungary has confirmed African swine fever in domestic pigs for the first time, prompting the culling of around 3,000 animals. Fears are rising that the UK pig sector is not prepared enough for the risk of ASF
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🇬🇧🍓 British berry growers are set for a £500m sourcing boost after Lidl GB committed to new five-year agreements aimed at increasing home-grown volumes
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❗📡 Nearly one in five UK mast hosts could be affected, with some farmers and landowners already reporting rent reductions of up to 90% since the 2017 Electronic Communications Code reforms
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🌧️ Somerset farms, homes and businesses are set for a £50m flood resilience boost after one of the county’s wettest starts to the year
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