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The number of applications for experimental field trials with GM plants in Europe is steadily decreasing, new figures show.

If you haven't looked at oats for a while, you may not recognise the crop, says one researcher.

Scientists are expected to issue a statement today after Britain's first open-air trial of GM wheat was vandalised.

Five days ago, I was standing outside a mud hut in Uganda with Charlie Russell talking about seed rates.

Nearly 50 of the latest self-propelled, mounted and trailed machines are being demonstrated at the Sprays & Sprayers Arena at Cereals 2012.

Promoting the pig industry via social media has won a pig farmer's son the ABN Innovation Award 2012.

The Scottish Government has proposed a movement ban on persistently infected (PI) cattle as part of plans to eradicate bovine viral diarrhoea (BVD) and save the country’s farmers £50m-£80m over the next 10 years.

A GM wheat trial has been vandalised - one week before it was due to be targeted by activists in a “mass action"

Nice as it is to build a new grain store to improve facilities for drying and storing crops, making the best of what’s already available can overcome deficiencies at considerably less cost

RABI seeks to further its reach to farmers in need through 'Just Ask!' campaign

The current cold changeable spell of weather has slowed grass growth and made turning out difficult.

The old saying "rain in May makes the hay" should mean we will have bumper crops of both hay and silage this year after the amount of rain that has fallen since the beginning of the month.

Andrew Watts is the new chairman of the NFU Combinable Crops Board. He outlines the key challenges for arable growers and the board's priorities for the coming year

It strikes me that farming is becoming less about skill and husbandry, and rather more a game of Russian roulette. For instance you can apply fertiliser at the correct growth stage, yet its impact will be determined either by the leaching of the monsoon-like rain we have been experiencing; or if it is not raining, the fertiliser will volatilise during the drought.

About 40 years ago, a group of people eventually boarded a plane at Gatwick bound for the Italian Alps. They had been severely delayed on their journey to the airport after the gear lever of their clapped-out minibus came off in the driver's hand. There was a lot of muttering of discontent about the delay from fellow plane passengers - among these were my parents.

In recent years, flaxleaf fleabane has been a weed problem throughout the region, including some of my fields, due to its rapid spread and resistance to glyphosate.

2012 is going to go down as the year the weather in March and May got mixed up in Cumbria.

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