The FAO 160 variety, a first choice on the Maize Descriptive List, combines rapid maturity with 38.4% dry matter, 57.2% cell-wall digestibility and 36.3% starch, giving livestock farmers who need an early harvest a high-energy forage option.
An independent arbitrator will rule by 30 October on the price of the 2027-28 crop after talks between NFU Sugar and British Sugar stalled; growers say the uncertainty is already weighing on cropping decisions, while last year's contract was settled by mid-August.
Marks & Spencer says it is the first retailer to monitor dairy cow welfare with AI video analytics across its whole supply pool: cameras track lying, feeding, social behaviour, mobility and body condition to build a health profile and comfort score for every cow, tested to the standard of a trained
Crispr-edited soya plants at Corteva's Warwickshire trial site set pods weeks ahead of the late-maturing US lines they were bred from, an advance the company says could give Britain a home-grown protein break crop, if early maturity can be combined with yield and if precision-breeding rules allow i
The chair of NFU Scotland's pigs committee, who shut units of 650 and 900 sows three years ago, will empty his final unit by February 2027 after losing £100,000 a month; he is keeping three staff to finish bought-in weaners and urges independent producers to stand behind their marketing co-operative
Vegetables grown without harmful pesticides or chemicals in Rajbari under contract with Globepack Food and Beverage Limited are being exported to London and America.
CropsIn Newham, East London, Bangladeshi expatriates are making the most of council allotment plots, growing crops from home on small parcels of land.
Dartington Hall in Devon was built by Leonard Elmhirst at Rabindranath Tagore's urging as another Sriniketan, though locals question how much of Tagore remains there.
