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AHDB confirms future increase for UK wheat prices
The Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board (AHDB) has confirmed a strengthening for the future of UK wheat prices. By last...
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Agri-Business
Lower wheat and maize prices lead decline in food price index
Lower wheat and maize prices have lead a decline in the Food Price Index of the Food and Agriculture Organisation...
N.Ireland
Rust disease in winter wheat – what to watch out for in 2024
Last year was more of a septoria year than a yellow rust year for winter wheat but what could 2024...
Arable
Growers urged to readjust management for backward wheat crops in 2024
Growers are being urged by Syngenta to readjust certain aspects of how winter wheat crops are managed. The agricultural technology...
Agri-Business
FAO Food Price Index: Wheat and maize prices fall in November
The benchmark for world food commodity prices was broadly stable in November, with lower international cereal quotations offset by higher...
N.Ireland
Tillage Focus: Crop of Spearhead winter wheat in Antrim
The dry spell at the end of September and early October allowed contractor, Darren Russell, to plant a 20ac crop...
Arable
AHDB: Wheat and barley stocks tight - relative to demand
The Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board (AHDB) is forecasting that UK wheat and barley stocks will remain tight, relative to...
Arable
AHDB: Winter wheat harvest gathering pace
According to the Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board (AHDB), the winter wheat harvest in Great Britain is starting to pick...
N.Ireland
More barley and oilseed rape sown at expense of wheat in UK
The UK will harvest less wheat due to more barley and oilseed rape (OSR) having been sown. This is according...
Agri-Business
Nestlé invests in regenerative agriculture in US wheat farms
Nestlé is investing in regenerative agriculture practices in its wheat supply chains in the US. The company is helping wheat farmers...
N.Ireland
Wheat and maize markets in a state of flux
The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) is reporting that both wheat and maize grain markets strengthened during the early...
N.Ireland
How will final UK wheat yields ‘shake out’ in 2023?
Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) analysts have been assessing recent weather patterns to discern how they may impact on...
N.Ireland
AHDB: Crop update – 85% of winter wheat in ‘good’ condition
The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) is confirming that 85% of Great Britain’s winter wheat crop was in good/excellent...
N.Ireland
Tillage: Controlling septoria tritici in winter wheat
Septoria tritici is the most important and damaging foliar disease on winter wheat crops grown in the UK and Ireland....
N.Ireland
Wheat crops under severe septoria pressure in some areas
Agronomist Richard Owens has confirmed that winter wheat crops are under severe septoria pressure across most parts of counties Down...
N.Ireland
Future-use options for fungicides on wheat and barley
The future use options for fungicides in cereal crops was discussed in detail at a workshop held in Co. Down...
N.Ireland
Probing for weaknesses in wheat septoria genomes
A new study has compared genomes across 18 strains of the septoria leaf blotch fungus zymoseptoria tritici. The work has...
Arable
US production of maize, soya and wheat expected to rise
The expectations for the 2023 cropping levels in the US indicate growth in the planted area of maize, wheat, and...
