13 November 2017 New environmental protections to deliver a Green Brexit Plans to consult on a new, independent body that would hold Government to account for…
10 November 2017 Crunch time for food security Feelings often run high where insects are concerned, with many people even squeamish to look…
10 November 2017 Weetabix Growers Group unveil new imagery to mark 2017 harvest Weetabix Food Company has marked this year’s harvest by unveiling a series of images with…
10 November 2017 AHDB helping growers address Brexit labour challenges Growers concerned about the future availability and affordability of labour are being urged to join…
10 November 2017 Legvalue’ web site goes live Roger Vickers, chief executive of PGRO (Processors and Growers Research Organisation) announced today that the web site…
9 November 2017 Black-grass fight moves on to the next round Farmers fighting black-grass have managed to drill late and apply pre-emergence herbicides so the battle…
9 November 2017 Talks on glyphosate fail: Smith responds The European Commission has announced that talks on the renewal of the glyphosate licence, due…
9 November 2017 Gove signals govt switch on neonics (update) In an article in the Guardian this morning Michael Gove has indicated that the UK…
9 November 2017 Scientists develop groundnut resistant to aflatoxin Scientists at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, in St. Louis, MO and their collaborators at…
9 November 2017 Plaguing insects with bittersweet tastes to protect crops Herbivorous insects are estimated to be responsible for destroying one-fifth of the world’s total crop…