A lack of supply and persistent political uncertainty keep the market in a holding pattern, but demand remains resilient and values are largely stable The feeling of treading water that settled over the farmland market in 2025 has shown few signs of...
BASF | Nunhems invests €40 million in next generation seed processing facilities in the Netherlands Strategic investment in seed processing to strengthen global vegetable seed supply Construction to begin Q2 2026, completion expected by the end of 2028 Celebrating 110...
The Oxford Farming Conference (OFC) has announced Ben Makowiecki will join their board from April 2026, replacing Corrina Urquhart, who, due to a change in career, has decided not to take up her appointment as a Director. The charity, which has just celebrated 90...
Scotland’s Gordons Construction Equipment is opening its seventh location, the first in central Scotland, this summer. The new depot for the family-owned plant machinery specialists, which is headquartered at Castle Douglas and has six sites in Carlisle and the...
MDS Ltd has launched a new apprenticeship programme for college and sixth form leavers aged 18 or over. The Fresh Futures Programme offers a direct route into the agriculture and food industry and a practical alternative to university. The programme builds on the...
Knight Frank’s rural consultancy has enhanced its biodiversity net gain (BNG) advisory capability through a partnership with BNGx, strengthening its ability to support clients in the sourcing and transaction of biodiversity units. The move comes as activity in the BNG...
Potato production is a risky business, but there are a growing number of strategies to combat the ever-growing lists of threat to the industry. GB Potatoes recently discussed risk in its Cutting the odds: Managing risk in potato production webinar. It heard from GB...
When Callum and Zara Lindsay took a leap of faith and moved to the Isle of Arran to take on a farm tenancy in 2023, they couldn't have imagined how different their lives would be, only a few years later. The couple and their two daughters, who are currently starring...
ADAS have modelled how fungicide programmes reduce septoria damage Key finding: Swapping from Ascra Xpro to Revystar® XE at T1 mitigates the increase in septoria damage from drilling early Key finding: Variability in fungicide efficacy is the same for all fungicides...
The Institute of Auctioneers in Scotland is disappointed with the recent announcement from Scottish Government on Bluetongue restrictions which will have a significant impact on our members and their farming customers operating cross border, particularly, though not...