Research Membership

Each month, we update you on fuel prices which relate to our industry in order to help you benchmark and forecast your costs. This information is part of our endeavour to ensure we support you, our members, in the effective day-to-day running of your rural businesses.

This month's digest includes:
- Hedgerow management.
- Industry news including: Anglian Water funding opportunities, Environment Agency updates over fuel oil storage and sheep carcase classification updates.
- Latest science on wheat grain size for breeding, findings from the LEGUMINOSE project and effects of biochar on maize after a 3-year field trial.
- Key reports including the the White Paper on Water.

Discover insights from the 2025 season: how UK growers can optimise input efficiency, manage costs, and boost profitability through smarter, site-specific strategies. Essential reading for farmers planning ahead for 2026 and beyond.

Variable Rate Nitrogen is suggested and spoken about frequently, offering growers improvements in nitrogen-use efficiency and smarter in-season decisions. What actually is it, how can it be used alongside NDVI, and where do the real benefits actually come from?

Boost your crop performance with smarter nutrition planning. This article explores a 3-stage checklist to plan, check and review your nutrition through the season for maximum efficiency.

This Agronomy Club webinar focused on precision nutrient strategies, highlighting variable rate nitrogen application using NDVI and hyperspectral imagery, sulphur management to address widespread deficiencies and a 3-step process for nutrient planning to optimise crop performance.

Explore upcoming DEFRA funding priorities, the shift toward environmental land management and the expanding influence of public and private sustainability schemes on UK farming. This section highlights projected budgets through 2029, the role of productivity and nature‑based grants and the rise of supply‑chain premiums for regenerative practices. Chloe also explores natural capital baselining, carbon auditing and opportunities emerging from stewardship schemes and farmer‑led clusters; all underscoring the need for farms to adapt strategically to a changing funding, policy, and market environment.

This month's digest includes:
- Planning and Infrastructure Bill updates, Livestock Law Changes, & Welsh Sustainable Farming Scheme guidance.
- Industry news including: increased payments for vet visits, Anglian Water sprayer filling support fund, 2026 LENS Resilience Funding, ALC guidelines, combinable crop contracts survey, updates on the Environmental Improvement Plan, and the latest announcements from the OFC.
- Latest science on AI training for black-grass and putting a financial value on the co-benefits of soil carbon sequestration in England and Wales.
- Key reports including the Farming Profitability Review, Weed Control Handbook, Church Commissioners Nature and Biodiversity Report, IGD's value case for baselining England's farmland & Animal Welfare Strategy.

Each month, we update you on fuel prices which relate to our industry in order to help you benchmark and forecast your costs. This information is part of our endeavour to ensure we support you, our members, in the effective day-to-day running of your rural businesses.