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Focuses on how Easton Lodge farm in England regained profitability after four years. Net farm income in 2002; Yield of crops; Role of farms manager John Lambkin.

The article informs that Doug McCowan, who farms 456 hectare of arable land at Woodlands Farm on a mix of soils, ranging from very sandy to medium to heavy loam, in Great Britain, has switched from metaldehyde to ferric phosphate slug pellets without compromising slug control. It discusses how McCowan applies sludge cake in rotation to replace phosphate and apply potash variably.

The article offers information on an attack on a farm owned by Charlie Rand in Cambridgeshire, Great Britain that has left three fallow deer dead and a large stack of straw destroyed, in September 2018. It reports that when Rand went to investigate, he found his biggest straw stack, approximately was well alight and saw tire tracks around the field and the stack, and then found three dead deer which had been run over.

The article offers information on the variable planting conditions in Yorkshire, England after two days of raining as of April 27, 2018. Topics discussed include avoid planting wet areas of fields; improvements in soil structure and workability with cover crops; and correlation between planting depth and greening.

The article informs that Local buyers snap up Herefordshire County Council farms in Great Britain, as of December 1, 2017. It mentions that demand for the County Council's 4,000-acre land and farms portfolio has proved to be strong with sales now agreed for all 59 lots, while the mass sell-off proved controversial after a number of the council's tenants who were operating on farm business tenancies (FBTs) were served notices to quit ahead of the land being marketed.

A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experience of working at a farm in East Yorkshire in England.

The article focuses on management of wheat harvest on the farm of John Latham in Cambridgeshire, England in 2016. It mentions role of Andrew Tetlow and Anthony Wiseman to manage the day-to-day business at the farms; and information on the business that contract farms more than the arable land. It also highlights concerns regarding role of the Treasury to support farming across England.

The article reports on the long wait among farmers for emergency funding for the restoration of agricultural land devastated by Storm Desmond in rural northern England on December 4, 2015. Topics covered include the farming communities affected by winter floods such as Cumbria, Lancashire and Yorkshire, the establishment of the Farming Recovery Fund by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra), and the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) being responsible for some delays.

The article talks about the author's Christmas wishes for her farm on the Devon/Cornwall border in England. They include receiving the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) payment, getting a clear tuberculosis (TB) test for cattle, and receiving the annual payment on the farm's Countryside Stewardship agreement. Also mentioned is the author's wish that no farming crises will arise on Christmas Day.

The article reports on the Tenant Farmers Association (TFA) fighting against England's, Herefordshire County Council's farm estate sell-off. It is said that farmers are hoping that a probe by the local government ombudsman (LGO) would support their case to get their notices to quit revoked. LGO said that some "potentially misleading" comments that were made during a public meeting on December 3, 2015, had not influenced the decision of council cabinet members to sell the farms.

The article reports on the Manor Farm in England.

The author relates developments at an arable farm in Warwickshire, England as of December 2011. The germination of the last of the second wheat is attributed to the rain. He mentions the plan to apply Kerb propyzamide on about a third of rape and addition of Laser cycloxydim to resolve grassweeds. He reveals the decision to replace the New Holland CR9080 machinery with the John Deere S680.

The article features Adam Henson and his business partner Duncan Andrews, as well as their farm in Gloucestershire, England. It claims that the partners have adopted a whole-farm technique as a farming strategy. Specialist trader Robin Appell is the buyer of the barley produced by the partners at their farm.

The article presents several photographs depicting harvests in Great Britain as of August 2011 including Jake Freestone of Overbury Farms in Worcestershire, England with his S690i John Deere combine, John Kennedy of Ballywalter, Co Down, Northern Ireland harvesting Saffron winter barley and the Cracker oilseed rape field of Nick Davidson of Clola Farms in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

The article reports on the importance of upgrading the crop intake system when improving a grainstore or planning a new one. It claims that the intake should correspond with the capacity of the crop storage and drying facilities in order to achieve smooth operation of the facility. It examines the projects at the Creslow Manor Farm in Buckinghamshire, England and Calmsden Farms near Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England as examples.

The article discusses the farming trendword diversification. It considers success in diversification as the lifeline, propping up struggling or even tailing farming operations. It looks at diversification and its role in sustaining many farming businesses in Great Britain. It cites Cotswold Farm Park as case of diversification in point.

The article focuses on the No-Till Alliance's direct drilling grower day that is being organised on two farms on the Surrey/Kent border in England. According to Simon Chiles, head of direct drilling operations in Stockenden Farm, farmers who want to try direct drilling need to subsoil in the second or third year and then not cultivate at all after that period. Chiles emphasises the importance of leveling the land through a set of shallow discs.

The article presents the highlights of the Farmers Apprentice bootcamp held at the Bishop Burton College in Yorkshire, England in July 2016. Also cited are the number of selected finalists in the bootcamp, and the prize of the winner, which is a placement as an apprentice farm manager with leading agriculture firm FarmCare.

A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experience of arable farming in Oxfordshire, England as of August 2016.

A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experience of arable farming in Leicestershire, England as of August 2016.

A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experiences of farming and hosting school farm visits in the Euston Estate, south of Thetford, England.

The article features spring bean grower Andrew Askew from Willow Farm in Norfolk, England. Topics discussed include Askew's success in achieving a yield of seven tons per hectare while consistently hitting human consumption specification, his preference for Limagrain spring bean variety Fuego, and his approach to drilling.

The article offers information on several tenancies of farms in Cambridgeshire County Council of Cambridgeshire, England. Topics discussed include presence of agricultural buildings and bungalows in the Ransonmoor II Farm, area for rural enterprises in Stonebridge Farm, and mentions a fenland unit Stonebridge Farm for tenancy.

The article presents farmland outlook of the North East and North West of England which reveals that low farmgate prices are likely to push an large number of farms and blocks of land on to the agriculture market in 2016. Topics discussed include demand of dairy unit, increased number of farmer buyers and farmlands purchased by working farmers for expansion.

The article offers an update on Belvoir Fruit Farms in the Vale of Belvoir in Leicestershire, England as of November 2015. Cropping at the farm includes wheat, oilseed rape and elderflowers. The author cites that about 40 millimetres (mm) of rain fell, which was what the farm needed. The author mentions that a Simba Freeflow drill was purchased from the neighbouring farm. Also mentioned are some agricultural events for this month including Agritechica, CropTec and the Midlands Machinery Show.

The author presents an update on his farm in England which grows wheat, barley, naked oats, oilseed rape and winter beans. He finds it frustrating to be ready to cut hay and haylage, but still have to wait for the right weather. In preparing for harvest, they have valeted the combine twice. Meanwhile, he congratulated the organizers of the 2007 Cereals event.

The author presents an update on his 126 ha farm in Okehampton, Devon and on various issues on agriculture in England. According to him, the return for their 45 first-draw lambs has been disappointing. He says that the government had wasted £50 million of taxpayers' money on a tuberculosis (TB) report that took 10 years only to realized that badgers had nothing to do with the infection.

The author covers various issues related to farming in Buckinghamshire, England. He mentions how the locals enjoy seeing his Jersey cows in the fields. He relates his activities in the farm which include farming the land and helping to provide the value of farmed green belt land. He stresses the need for farmers to meet the needs of the future of the metropolitan green belts.

The author talks about his farming experience in partnership with his parents at Pickwick Lodge Farm in Wiltshire, England. He cites his plan of implementing a two-application strategy on winter oilseed rape. He thinks that some people are applying nitrogen too early when the plant does not necessarily need it, which then lead poor grain samples or lodge crops.

The author focuses on the status of his arable farm near Royston in Hertfordshire, England. According to him, marketing tools such as two- to three year rolling contracts, use of minimum price contracts, futures and options will be important. He also stresses that food miles will become an increasingly significant issue. He also sees more public involvement on his farm.

The author describes his farming experiences in Oxfordshire, England. He runs a range of diversified farm businesses in partnership with his wife at Highlands Farm, Brightwellcum-Sotwell, Oxon. Wheat, oilseed rape and potatoes are the main crops on the 227-acre unit. The countryside is quiet, their planting is completed, cross-field footpaths are reinstated and early wheat has been sprayed to control rampant blackgrass, even slugs are at bay for the moment.

The article presents updates on arable farming in Oxfordshire, England as of March 2006. The single farm payment money was given on February 22. The winter sales of potato in the region are positive. Blackgrass weed is continuously growing in wheat areas at a farm and will be treated with the Atlantis herbicide.

Provides information on commercial farms owned by the management of the periodical "Farmers Weekly." Description of its farm at Easton Lodge in Lincolnshire, England; Location of the arable of the journal at Sacrewell Lodge in Lincolnshire, England; Size of its livestock and arable in Normandy, France.

Presents updates on several farms run by "Farmers Weekly" as of October 22, 2004. Easton Lodge in Lincs, England; Vimer in Normandy, France; Sacrewell Lodge in Lincs, England.

Reports on the impact of the Evolution potato storage control and cooling system from Crop Systems Ltd. (CSL) on the potato production at Alby Manor Farm in Norfolk, England. Benefits of the system to the farm; Mechanism of the CSL system; Features of the product.

Focuses on the benefits obtained by Rattlerow Farms from the batch production of pigs in Suffolk, England. Remarks from director Robin Bryce on the system; Decline in the post-weaning mortality levels of pigs; Improvement in the live birth rates of pigs.

Reports on how the application of trace element mixtures in the soil has boosted both crop and livestock production at John Marshall's Langham Farm in Luxborough, England. Analysis of the soil; Formulation of the trace element mixtures by Martin Lane of Field Science; Remarks from farm manager David Powell on the benefits of applying trace element mixtures.

Focuses on the Crop Protection Management Plan (CPMP) exercise conducted at Hadlow Place Farm in England in 2003. Background information on the farm; CPMP rating achieved by the farm; Process involved in CPMP rating. INSET: CPMP review.

The article reports on arable opportunities at English grassland farms. These include Langley Farm for sale in Buckinghamshire, pasture near Lesnewth in Cornwall and grassland at Bradley Hall Farm near Wylam in Northumberland suitable for arable crops. It is informed that tenders are invited for 86 acres at West Bagborough in the Quantock Hills.

The author reports on issues related to farming in a neighboring farm at Royston, England.

The article discusses agricultural trends and developments in various parts of England as of June 5, 2015. Topics covered include the flowering of winter barleys and spring beans in the north, fungicide applications for wheat in the south due to bad weather, and monitoring for pests such as orange wheat blossom midge in the east. Also mentioned are the anticipation of oilseed rape harvesting, the variability of winter barley crops, and maize performance in the west.

This article focuses on the use of a no-till crop establishment system by grower Tom Sewell to improve soil and reduce costs at his farm near Maidstone in Kent, England. It discusses a study from the University of Sheffield on soil content in farms in Great Britain, and the use of a Primewest Cross-slot direct drill by Sewell. The benefits of using the system include improvement in soil organic matter, water retention and water infiltration.

This article presents information on a meeting of the Litlington discussion group hosted by the Thirft farm located on the board of Hertfordshire, Essex and Cambridge, England. Topics discussed include the challenges facing the farm in controlling pests and diseases in arable crops and the decline in the number of actives that will be available.

The article offers agriculture industry news briefs as of January 23, 2015 related to Great Britain. Topics discussed include a road accident involving a tractor from Deere & Co. and two cars at the Chirk bypass in north Wales, outbreak of bovine tuberculosis on a farm in Lincolnshire, which resulted in the slaughtering of 40 cattle and the Scots tenancy report on Scottish farm tenancy reform expected to unveil in January 2015.

The article offers information on the dairy share-farming agreement of W. D. Sykes and Partners, owner of Newton Farm and Lydham Farm near Bishops Castle, England and adds the maintenance of herd under the agreement, that includes the grassland areas and arable land for maize.

The author, who owns about 400 hectares of arable land in Norfolk, England, and discusses the significance of old-fashioned husbandry and mentions that he took a weekend trip to visit farming friends to the countryside at the Berkshire/Oxfordshire border in England. Topics discussed include development of contract farms on both the sides of River Thames, England, farming concern related to chemical-resistant blackgrass, and ploughing and spring cropping as best farming methods.

The article focuses on the publication by church leaders of the flood report "Fact, Feeling and Future" in Somerset, England. Topics covered include the recommendations for a major emergency flood fund, the impact of floods on the agricultural industry and the evacuation of livestock farmers due to flooding. Also mentioned is the estimated number of agricultural holdings with infrastructure problems.

The article reports that livestock farmer Albert Nelson has left rotting carcasses of sheep, pigs and lambs in wheelie binds and trailers around in farm in England in 2014. Topics covered include the prosecution of Nelson under laws aimed at preventing outbreaks of disease, the result of the investigation conducted by inspectors at the Bank Hall Farm and the failure of Nelson to produce records of where he bought products at the farm.

The author discusses developments in the 1,500-hectare Ragley Home Farms in Warwickshire, England. Topics discussed include arable growing of wheat, oilseed rape and salad onions at the farm, the autumn farming plan including the start of harvesting with barley, then oilseed rape and finishing with wheat and the benefits of earlier harvest in terms of cultivation timings.

The article offers information on several farms for sale including the 184-acre Toft Farm in Staffordshire, England, 87-acre stock Shankhead Farm in Northumberland, England and a 49-acre block of arable and pasture suitable for arable cropping and grassland.