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When you purchase a worming treatment from your local farm store or over the counter at your vets, you will have met a suitably qualified person (SQP).

As maincrop potatoes race through growth stages, the second article in our series following agronomists in the East and West, considers how to protect crops from blight and maximise yield potential.

May used to be my favourite month, but it is becoming a very busy one. Too busy to properly enjoy, what with turnout and silaging, along with all the tasks which are required in preparation.

Hello everyone. I am not sure what to write for my initial In Your Field piece, but I suppose I should introduce myself first.

While forward healthy sugar beet does not routinely respond to additional foliar nutrients, there is a place for them in fast-growing or compromised crops.

A great opportunity is there for the taking, but will the Labour Government in Cardiff Bay take it?

Zanna Dennis on the value of British farming.

Farmers are being reminded not to fall foul of new rules requiring the users of agrochemicals to register their details on a new Government database by June 22.

Rachael Wood, 22, grew up on a beef and arable farm in Kinross-shire. She currently works in the rural payments and inspections division for the Scottish Government and is the SAYFC Fife and Kinross District Secretary.

The issue of food security is set to be bumped up the agenda in Westminster, with the creation of a new All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG). Emma Penny and Abi Kay reports.