Roger Vickers News Today

Growers who are entering agreements for the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) are being advised to ensure that they fully understand the potential impact.

There is precedent for Buckingham Palace being open about royal medical conditions—and also precedent for them keeping things private.

Farmers are being called upon to join one of the biggest and most comprehensive projects ever undertaken by UK agriculture to credibly achieve net zero.

A new podcast designed to target the UK’s pea and bean sector has been launched by Processors and Growers Research Organisation (PGRO).

A UK project is looking to increase pulse cropping in arable rotations to 20% across the UK from the current 5% level, and to develop and test new feed rations.

Moves to reduce 1.5m tons of CO2 equivalent per annum across the UK farming sector are underway through a new farmer-led research programme, involving 17

Farmers interested in growing pulses can get involved with a new £5.9m Defra-funded project that aims to increase the UK area of pulses from 5% to 20% and

Farmers are being urged to displace imported soya with home-grown bean crops due to the environmental and agronomic benefits they bring.

UK researchers are developing peas that don't taste like peas as an environmentally friendly alternative to soya.

An aphid-spread virus, known to affect oilseed rape crops, is now being seen hitting combine pea yields by as much as 40%. This may explain why pea yields