Horticulture

26 July 2021

Flies (Diptera) are the most numerous insects found on farmland.

22 July 2021

AHDB will make £7.8m of reductions from its annual staff and overheads budget of £29m as part of plans to reduce operational costs and improve efficiency over the next two years, starting with key changes being made to the organisation’s leadership team.

22 July 2021

The Farming Rules for Water (FRfW) were introduced in April 2018 to fulfil obligations on diffuse pollution under the Water Framework Directive, particularly in regard to reducing phosphorus (P) losses to water from agriculture.

15 July 2021

Christine Watts, AHDB Chief Communications and Market Development Officer, said: “We welcome publication of the National Food Strategy and a number of the recommendations highlighted, particularly improved food education in schools.

5 July 2021

Report reviewing the Leadership and Management Development (LMD) in the UK’s Farming Sectors.

11 June 2021

Mae rheoli cynnil yn helpu’r Ffermwyr Llaeth Strategol, Dylan a Hannah Harries i leihau gwastraff a gwella cynhyrchedd.

9 December 2021

The GrowSave project has previously been focused solely on horticulture - protected edible, protected ornamentals, and soft fruit crops - but as energy saving and management is clearly critical across wider AHDB sectors the project has now been expanded into the Cereals, Dairy, Pork and Potato sectors.

1 June 2021

What you need to know about the lump sum payment and delinked payments.

12 July 2021

Learn about the pest’s life cycle and the opportunities for management, including spray treatment thresholds.

12 July 2021

Discover how to monitor for pea and bean weevils, as well as the main risk factors and control thresholds.

12 July 2021

Find out how to identify and monitor wireworms across a wide variety of crops.

12 July 2021

Learn about the crop damage caused by the pygmy beetle on sugar beet and how to prevent losses.

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