Arable
AHDB to host desiccation events to aid growers
AHDB Potatoes is to host a range of events designed to help growers fine-tune their desiccation programme following the loss...
Arable
Arable
EU Food Safety Authority raises health concerns over chlorpyrifos
The pesticide chlorpyrifos does not meet the criteria required by legislation for the renewal of its approval in the European...
Agri-Business
Herefordshire horticulture firm to lead on labour productivity
A Herefordshire based business will lead the way in demonstrating labour saving techniques to help the horticulture industry offset the...
Arable
Petition launched to ‘edit’ plant-breeding ruling
The ruling to classify gene-edited crops as genetically modified crops – and to follow the same legislation as these crops...
Arable
Tillage focus: Progressive and open…leading the way in Ontario, Canada
“I built this drill.” That was one of the first things that Mark Brock said when he greeted a group...
Arable
Carrot growers review trials of linuron alternativesÂ
Plant disease experts and growers gathered in Yorkshire to review treatments currently being trialled on carrot and parsnip crops following...
Agri-Business
Grain price: No sign of anything to shake up markets
As the harvest progresses, Irish farmers are still awaiting a price for their grain and as the European harvest continues...
Arable
UK research could pave way to crops that need less fertiliser
A UK research collaboration has made advances in plant science which could ultimately pave the way for more nutrient-efficient cereal...
Arable
Metaldehyde slug pellet ban overturned following legal challenge
In an unprecedented move, the decision by the former Secretary of State for the Environment to ban metaldehyde slug pellet...
Arable
Wild potato genes may be key to stronger spuds
New research suggests that limited genetic differences in potato lineages has left British and American spuds vulnerable to the disease...
Arable
Watch: Cribit Seeds trialling and processing seed in Ontario
Reporting from Ontario, Canada. The tallest grain bin in the picture above holds 2,000t. It belongs to Cribit Seeds –...
Arable
Straw in demand in Canada…price rises by 200%
Reporting from Ontario, Canada. It seems demand for straw is across the water as well as at home. Straw in...
Agri-Business
Ontario…supplying consumers both at home and abroad
Reporting from Ontario, Canada. Having just landed in Ontario, to learn about a country that exports a large amount of...
Arable
UK's largest hemp farm forced to destroy crop
The UK’s largest hemp farm has been forced to destroy its crop after the Home Office declined its application to...
Arable
Vigilance key to tackling BYDV post-neonicotinoids
Trials are taking place into new technology to alert cereal growers to the earliest signs aphids in a bid to prevent...
Arable
Study finds clubroot is patchy, diverse and requires targeted treatment
A tailored plan is required to contain the spread of clubroot and sustain the production of important brassica crop species...
Arable
First UK outbreak of Tomato Brown Rugose Fruit Virus confirmed
Symptoms of the Tomato Brown Rugose Fruit Virus (ToBRFV) have been reported for the first time in a UK tomato...
Environment
Increasing bioethanol in fuel mix 'crucial' to achieving net-zero goals
The NFU has reiterated its calls for the government to introduce E10 petrol to the fuel mix so that farmers...
