Agri-Business
UK's horticultural sector at risk of lockdown ruin
The UK’s horticultural sector could face being “wiped out” in just weeks by the coronavirus lockdown, an industry body has...
Arable
Arable
BASIS relaxes rules on CPD point collection
With much of the country working from home and most industry events cancelled, BASIS has taken the decision to relax...
Agri-Business
Grain price: Up and down this week
Wheat markets showed substantial increases this week, but there was volatility in the market. MATIF wheat for May moved from...
Arable
Getting the right seed rate in your spring cereals
Spring sowing is underway in many parts of the country. Seed rate should take in a number of factors including...
Arable
3-crop rule lifted in Northern Ireland for 2020
Growers in Northern Ireland have been granted a derogation to the crop diversification requirement of the Basic Payment Scheme for...
Arable
Watch: Calibrating your seed drill is an important task
Tillage farmers are out in force across the country. The past few days have provided great opportunities for all jobs...
Arable
Cereals event in the UK to go online for 2020
Cereals – The Arable Event – in the UK is set to go online. A statement from the organisers read:...
Arable
Cereals event in the UK to go online for 2020
Cereals – The Arable Event – in the UK is set to go online. A statement from the organisers read:...
Agri-Business
AHDB announces its first strategic cereal farm for Scotland
Scottish Arable Farm of the Year finalist, Balbirnie Home Farms at Freuchie in Fife, has been selected to be the...
Arable
Are risk-based sclerotinia sprays good for the bottom line?
Information on oilseed rape growth stage, sclerotinia pressure and weather-based infection risk, can help reduce sprays and improve spray timing,...
Agri-Business
Grain price: In the green
Grain markets were, for the most part, in the green this week. LIFFE, MATIF and Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT)...
Arable
It's official: Plants can tell the time
Research carried out at the UK’s John Innes Centre has confirmed that plants have a circadian clock, similar to that...
Arable
Black-grass is costing UK agriculture £1 billion per annum
Research by Rothamsted has helped put an economic figure on herbicide resistance in black-grass, the farmland weed that is decimating...
Arable
Plant counts a help in making agronomic decisions
Plant counts are a very useful task to carry out. At this time of the year – and in a...
Agri-Business
Grain price: Wheat price looks more positive at weekend, but OSR falls
Grain prices fell this week across global grain markets, but showed positive signs on Friday afternoon, March 13. While wheat...
Arable
Concept autonomous guided vehicles designed for UK horticultural businesses
A new autonomous guided vehicle is being developed that could help transform the horticultural sector and help tackle the labour...
Agri-Business
Scotland granted deorgation on 2020 3-crop rule
Growers in Scotland have been granted a derogation to the crop diversification requirement of the Basic Payment Scheme for 2020....
Arable
The soil beneath your cover crops
Cover crops play an important role in protecting our soils. On a cold and wet day in February agronomist, Robbie...
