Arable
AHDB opens tender for potato desiccants research project
The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) is inviting researchers to tender for a new project to understand alternative potato...
Arable
Arable
British potato supply chain making moves to protect stocks
The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) has estimated GB grower-held potato stocks at the end of November 2018 at...
Rural Life
Inspiring a new audience for watercress
A new watercress marketing campaign is set to increase awareness and inspire a new audience of consumers to include it...
Arable
AHDB funds increased storage support amid CIPC uncertainty
Potato store managers will be able to call on information and support from an £800,000 fund ring-fenced for sprout suppression...
Arable
3-step blackgrass plan could help weed out uneconomic crops
Winter cereal growers facing uncontrolled blackgrass brought on by early drilling and the dry autumn are being urged to make...
Arable
UPCPVS stakeholder event to reflect on cereal pathogen populations
Relatively low cereal disease pressures in 2018 have provided a rare opportunity to reflect on the UK pathogen population. The...
Arable
Tillage focus: Meet a member of the world’s first Hands Free Hectare team
Hands Free Hectare (HFH) is the world’s first ever hectare of cereals produced using autonomous machinery. Earlier this year – at...
Arable
ADAS reporting that all winter crops are now sown out
The latest UK advisory update from ADAS discusses the impact of this year’s weather on combinable crop – winter wheat,...
Arable
Can the UK avert a BYDV crisis?
Rothamsted Research recently hosted a technical seminar on how the UK can avoid a potential Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus (BYDV)...
Arable
UK potato production hits lowest level since 2012
The total potato harvest for 2018 in GB is 13% down on the five-year average of 5.6m tonnes at 4.9m...
Arable
West provides research focus for UK’s number one wheat disease
Increased difficulty controlling the UK’s number one wheat disease is prompting crop protection experts, Syngenta, to focus extra research effort...
Arable
Potato sales rise to 2.2m tonnes amid AHDB campaign success
UK shoppers bought 3% more fresh potatoes this year compared to 2015, according to the latest data analysis. The figures...
Arable
Metaldehyde ban a 'big blow' to British farmers and growers
The banning of Metaldehyde is “hugely disappointing” and likely to put British farmers and growers at a major disadvantage internationally,...
Arable
Metaldehyde to be banned outdoors by 2020
Metaldehyde, a pesticide used to control slugs in a range of crops and in gardens, is to be banned for...
Arable
Grower feedback wanted on changes to seed potato standards
British seed growers are being asked to share their feedback on potential changes to the scope of the Safe Haven...
Arable
Could improving your crop rotation improve your farm profitability?
Farmers at the Sittingbourne Monitor Farm discussed how changing crop rotations and cover crop practices could benefit their bottom line....
Arable
Regional agronomy events to start the New Year
To integrate applied technical research with on-farm practice, AHDB will start 2019 with a road-show of arable agronomy events taking...
Arable
New AHDB contact for arable farmers in North West
Michelle Nuttall has joined AHDB as a new arable knowledge exchange manager for the North West. Covering the counties of...
