Emma Gillbard

When Eleanor Gilbert graduated from university, she knew she wanted to travel overseas – not looking out the window of a tour bus, but by completing a marathon 2,000-mile harvest across the United States. In April this year, Eleanor packed her bags, boarded a plane to the US, and joined one of the few harvest crews that welcome female operators: Paplow Harvesting and Trucking, based on the Minnesota/Iowa border.

Protestors in Devon staged a “go-slow” tractor parade around Exeter on Wednesday evening (26 November) in a show of support for fellow farmers attending the anti-inheritance tax rally in London on Budget day. The grassroots event was an opportunity for those who were not able to travel to the capital to show solidarity within the agriculture sector.

Yorkshire based potato company Produce Investments has announced the acquisition of Biofresh Safestore, an established leader in sprout suppression. Expanding a growing technology portfolio, Produce Investments hopes the acquisition will complement its existing portfolios in agri-tech innovation and agronomy. The plan is to offer customers greater choice and flexibility from portable to fixed sprout suppression systems through a single partner.