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Byline: Rhian Price Edryd and Glenda Davies are making more from marginal mountain ground by mob and rotational grazing to improve grassland so they can operate a low-cost forage-based system [...]

Byline: Andrew Meredith Northern Irish farmers interested in converting their farm to organic production have one month from today to apply for government funding to help offset the cost of [...]

Byline: Oliver Mark Mindful of continued pressure on crop protection products, the latest cultivation developments from Horsch centre around mechanical methods of weed control and stubble destruction. Alongside its continued [...]

Byline: Richard Allison Richard Thompson is using the latest varieties and technology to produce top-performing wheat, barley oilseed rape and potato crops on one of the oldest organic farms in [...]

Byline: Isabel Davies A buoyant market for UK-grown organic grains and pulses means there are good opportunities for profitable organic arable production, according to Organic Farmers and Growers (OF&G). Steven [...]

Byline: Suzie Horne Sheep farmers have accused Natural England of pushing for reductions in stocking levels as part of Countryside Stewardship, to the point where the scheme may no longer [...]

Byline: Oliver Hill Motorists rushing along the busy A5 through North Wales heading for Snowdonia may have a double-take as they see a herd of bison grazing in a roadside [...]

Byline: Richard Allison An alternative weed control technique that uses high-voltage electricity applied through purpose-built stainless steel applicators to kill weeds right down to the roots is coming to the [...]

Byline: Philip Clarke Duchy Home Farm covers 770ha and started converting to fully organic in 1995 when farm manager David Wilson took over. Back then organic farming was new to [...]

Byline: David Jones With UK oilseed rape growers bedevilled by dry weather and flea beetles, David Jones travels to Scandinavia to see how farmers there are succeeding with the crop. [...]

Byline: Jack Yates Land used for organic farming in the UK has declined for the ninth year in the past 10, as acreage with a low production value has ceased [...]

Byline: Lucinda Dann Since starting to weed his cereal crops five years ago with a Garford mechanical hoe, organic grower Robert Hyde hasn't lost any of his crops to weeds. [...]

Byline: Lucinda Dann I recently spent a day with an inspirational organic farmer in west Wales who is flying the flag for sustainable farming. A real example of challenging the [...]

Byline: Jonathan Riley A new fertiliser made from spent batteries is to hit the UK market this month, Finnish manufacturer Tracegrow has confirmed. The product, ZM-Grow, provides zinc, manganese, potassium [...]

Byline: Michael Priestley The south-east coast of Ireland is home to our family dairy farm, where my husband Neil and I have taken over the reins from my father Michael. [...]

Byline: Michael Priestley A deferred mob grazing system and maternal native cows have helped slash costs and left a cash-only net profit of [pounds sterling]350 a cow on one Worcestershire [...]

Byline: Lucinda Dann On most arable farms the winter months are a time for catching up on workshop jobs - and an organic farm is no different. At the time [...]

Byline: Rhian PriceEstablishing multi-species leys has enabled a Welsh upland beef and sheep farm to become 100% protein efficient.For Dafydd Parry Jones, Maesllwyni, Penegoes, Powys, the piece of advice given [...]

Byline: Hayley ParrottA combination of persistence, innovation and working with nature has helped one organic dairy farmer achieve averages of 8,000 litres a cow from an almost entirely home-grown ration.John [...]

Byline: Oliver Hill Never ones to follow the herd, the Hook family have a reputation for doing things their own way. Just over a decade ago, this organic dairy farm [...]

Byline: Philip Case Badger culling, which aims to prevent the spread of bovine TB, has started across England for a sixth consecutive year, Farmers Weekly understands. An industry source close [...]

Byline: Johann Tasker Tributes are being paid to organic farming campaigner and Soil Association policy director Lord Peter Melchett, who has died aged 71. The Norfolk farmer and Labour peer [...]

Byline: Johann Tasker A no-deal Brexit would ruin livelihoods - and wipe out British organic farming businesses, industry leaders have warned. Without a deal, organic food exports to the EU [...]

Byline: Jonathan Riley Mooing cattle on a Yorkshire farm will be recorded for a year in a bid to end a bitter planning row between an organic beef farmer and [...]

Byline: Philip Case The UK and Welsh governments have taken action to reduce the impact of dry weather on farms under restrictions in agri-environment schemes. Farmers and landowners in England [...]

Byline: Lucinda Dann The holy grail of crimping is for cover crops to slowly die into a weed-supressing mat, covering the soil without the use of chemical sprays or the [...]

Byline: Richard Allison More than 30 groups of farmers are carrying out their own research in the Innovative Farmers initiative, on topics ranging from electrical weeding to improving soil health. [...]

Byline: Lucinda Dann Oxfordshire grower James Alexander hopes to increase yields while drastically cutting his diesel bill by switching to direct drilling across his 323ha of organic cropping. The direct [...]

Byline: Jonathan Riley The amount of land in organic farming production has increased for the first time in more than six years, government figures show. The statistics issued by Defra [...]

Byline: Edited by Rhian Price Edited by Rhian Price A Welsh organic livestock farm has increased suckler cow numbers by 50% by splitting fields into paddocks and rotationally grazing the [...]

Byline: Joe Stanley Joe Stanley onflict is seldom as cruel or as sharp as when it's fratricidal. -being, but whose systems of production are lazily and meaninglessly labelled as 'factory' [...]

Byline: Simon Bainbridge Simon Bainbridge farms a 650ha upland organic farm with 160 suckler cows, 1,500 breeding ewes and 12,000 organic laying hens with his wife, Claire, and his parents. [...]

has reported strong UK sales from its tillage and crop protection divisions, despite the widespread struggles in farm machinery sales.With the uncertainty surrounding glyphosate regulation and Brexit, the company has [...]

Byline: Philip Clarke Opinion Have your say Feel strongly about any of the issues in this week's Opinion section? Or maybe another topic is occupying your mind? ,pvan 5 Increase [...]

Byline: Johann Tasker Organic farmers fight to save export market Dairy farmers say they will be forced to cease production of an award-winning cheese in just three months' time unless [...]

Byline: Simon Bainbridge Simon Bainbridge farms a 650ha upland organic farm with 150 sucklers,12,000 laying hens 1,500 breeding ewes with his wife, Claire, and his parents. Healthy, maternal livestock and [...]

Byline: FW Reporter FW Reporter Liveweight gain increased with rotational grazing An organic beef farm is capturing an additional 0.4kg a head of daily liveweight gain (DLWG) from yearling cattle [...]

Byline: Paul Spackman 12,708MW Total installed UK solar PV capacity by end of July 2017 Shropshire farm proves solar heating doesn't cost the earth By Paul Spackman It is four [...]

Byline: Philip Case pulls milkadvertising Although SA chief executive Martin Sawyer said the organic organisation did not advise on the advertisement's wording, he added: 'While saying farming is 'good for [...]

Byline: Philip Case soil association branded hypocritcal in glyphosate row NFU vice-president Guy Smith has accused the Soil Association (SA) of 'double standards' over its support for copper-based fungicides in [...]

Byline: Hayley Parrott Vanessa Vialettes gives us a glimpse of her life in France and how she changed from a job in human resources to running an organic farm Where [...]

Byline: Isabel Davies Scotland's farmers are being invited to apply for agri-environment funding, but have been warned that payment rates for some options will be lower than in the past.Rural [...]

Byline: Simon Bainbridge Simon Bainbridge runs a 650ha upland organic farm in Northumberland alongside wife Claire and his parents. With 150 suckler cows and 1,500 breeding ewes, healthy maternal livestock [...]

Byline: Philip Clarke Organic and conventional farmers often fail to see eye to eye. On numerous occasions, the organic lobby makes claims that are at odds with mainstream thinking. For [...]

Byline: Johann Tasker Soil Association 'sorry' for animal abuse tweet The Soil Association - the UK's largest organic farming charity - has been forced to apologise after suggesting non-organic farms [...]

Byline: Philip Clarke By Philip Clarke Conventional farmers have much to learn from organic farmers, in terms of improving their sustainability and pe recent South of England Farming Conference at [...]

Byline: Simon Bainbridge Simon Bainbridge runs a 650ha upland organic farm in Northumberland alongside wife Claire and his parents. With 150 suckler cows and 1,500 breeding ewes, healthy maternal livestock [...]

Byline: Simon Bainbridge Farmer Focus: Keeping close eye on egg counts in lambs * We have been using a faecal egg count kit to test the lambs. There is still [...]

Byline: Philip Case Poor returns, high pest and disease pressure and soil fertility decline are strong reasons to adopt agroecology practices on farm.These were some of the key messages outlined [...]

Byline: Ben Pike Huge Irish organic farm comes on to the market One of Europe's largest organic farms is for sale, bringing about 1,900 acres of land and a 500-acre [...]