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Wynnstay has appointed Jonathan Baxendale as its new combinable seed product manager. Baxendale joins…
Yield and production estimates for the main cereal crops and potatoes in Northern Ireland show barley in the region bucked the UK trend,…
A new, flexible variety trialling system that looks beyond the headline yields of the country’s top cereal crops is required by growers and…
With hybrid barley now accounting for around 34% of the UK winter feed barley area, the addition of two new high-yielding hybrid varieties…
An AHDB-funded PhD study has revealed the value of pollination services to courgettes, finding that pollination margins can improve bee species’ work, while…
The areas sown to wheat, winter barley and oats in Britain have all increased compared with 2017-18, according to AHDB’s Early Bird Survey.…
National Farmers’ Union deputy president Guy Smith has been announced as the keynote speaker for the 2019 Arable Conference. The 2019 Arable Conference…
With the Agriculture Bill set to reward farmers for ‘public goods’, such as healthy soils, BASIS is preparing to launch two new qualifications to…
The National Farmers’ Union (NFU) has today stressed the need for future Environmental and Land Management (ELM) schemes to be “straightforward and compatible…
Six AHDB-supported farmers growing crops in the north and south of the UK were awarded for their efforts to increase yield earlier this…
Would you like to be at the cutting edge of independent crop trials and part of a team recommending varieties for the UK?…
A project to extend a Scottish Ramularia leaf spot (RLS) forecast service to the rest of the UK has resulted in the cessation…
The impact of Brexit could be seen on UK futures this week. The rise in sterling following the announcement of the draft Brexit…
One of Britain’s most innovative potato breeders was last night presented with the Potato Industry Award, an annual accolade presented each year for…
Time is running out to use up the last remaining stocks of seeds treated with a banned fungicide Thiram. The ban encompasses all plant…
Last week saw grain prices take a hit. MATIF milling wheat hit a low of €198.50/t – its lowest since September 17, when…
Weather conditions in the UK mean that onion yields have been severely affected, and the national crop is likely to be only 60%…
An established energy and cost-saving advice programme is set to extend to the UK soft fruit industry. FEC Energy and the Agriculture and…
