Ploughing and tilling on hilly slopes is causing farm soils to thin and threatens future crop yields, a new study finds. Scientists behind the study argue that unless farmers stop tilling hill slopes, ...

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Crowds have been flocking to this year's National Ploughing Championships in Screggan, County Offaly. Thursday is the final day of the three-day event, which runs from 16-18 September. It has been a ...

A farmer from West Sussex is preparing for a "once in a lifetime opportunity" to compete at the World Ploughing Championships. Will Tupper, from Bignor, says he is the first person from the south east ...

Hundreds of people at the National Ploughing Championships have broken the Guinness world record for the most amount of wellington boots being thrown simultaneously, Macra na Feirme said. Eilean ...

Ploughing and tilling on hilly slopes is causing farm soils to thin and threatens future crop yields, a new study published in Nature Food finds. Ploughing and tilling on hilly slopes is causing farm ...

Ploughing and tilling on hilly slopes is causing farm soils to thin and threatens future crop yields, a new study published in Nature Food finds. For centuries, farmers have tilled the soil in their ...