Agri-Business
US corn price drops dramatically
The price of corn in the US has dropped as stocks and yield have both been estimated up. At close...
Arable
Agri-Business
Grain price: No pot of gold at the end of the rainbow
There doesn’t look to be any pot of gold at the end of the rainbow for this season, despite what...
Arable
Catch crops: Getting down to the roots
Soil compaction can cause yield losses and difficult working conditions on farms. Cover crops can help to solve and prevent...
Arable
Future of chemistry focus at Potatoes in Practice
The future of chemicals in arable farming has taken central focus at Potatoes in Practice – the UK’s largest field-based...
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
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 alternatives
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...
