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Scottish Arable Farm of the Year finalist, Balbirnie Home Farms at Freuchie in Fife, has been selected to be the first AHDB Strategic…
Information on oilseed rape growth stage, sclerotinia pressure and weather-based infection risk, can help reduce sprays and improve spray timing, according to Agriculture…
Grain markets were, for the most part, in the green this week. LIFFE, MATIF and Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) wheat all finished…
Research carried out at the UK’s John Innes Centre has confirmed that plants have a circadian clock, similar to that found in humans…
Research by Rothamsted has helped put an economic figure on herbicide resistance in black-grass, the farmland weed that is decimating winter-wheat yields across…
Plant counts are a very useful task to carry out. At this time of the year – and in a season like this…
Grain prices fell this week across global grain markets, but showed positive signs on Friday afternoon, March 13. While wheat price was affected,…
A new autonomous guided vehicle is being developed that could help transform the horticultural sector and help tackle the labour shortage. A prototype…
Growers in Scotland have been granted a derogation to the crop diversification requirement of the Basic Payment Scheme for 2020. Commenting on his…
Cover crops play an important role in protecting our soils. On a cold and wet day in February agronomist, Robbie Byrne, joined AgriLand…
Recent changes to wheat rust disease resistance ratings might be associated with new pathotypes that have unique patterns of infection. The new additions…
Defra Secretary George Eustice has denied growers an exemption to the three-crop rule despite news England received over 200% of its average February…
The importance of the supply chain working together, particularly during this challenging growing season, was highlighted at this year’s AHDB Milling Wheat Conference,…
With the exit of fenpropimorph from the market, there is an opening in the mildew control market. At a recent briefing from Syngenta,…
Wheat prices drifted downwards this week on LIFFE, MATIF and Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) markets. In fact CBOT wheat went from a…
A beef and arable farmer from Leicestershire has been honoured at the National Farmers’ Union (NFU) Conference, for his dedication and commitment to…
The World Potato Congress will be hosted by the Irish Potato Federation next year – from May 31 to June 3, 2021. The…
With thousands of farmers unable to get onto their land to plant crops following Storm Dennis, farming organisations across the UK are calling…
