Agri-Business
Grain price: Relatively stable, with the odd slump
Last week saw grain prices take a hit. MATIF milling wheat hit a low of €198.50/t – its lowest since...
Arable
Arable
British onion crop yields fall by 40%
Weather conditions in the UK mean that onion yields have been severely affected, and the national crop is likely to...
Arable
Energy-saving horticulture programme to be extended to soft fruit sector
An established energy and cost-saving advice programme is set to extend to the UK soft fruit industry. FEC Energy and...
Arable
Wanted: AHDB seeks 7 new Monitor Farms for England
AHDB is on the hunt for seven more farm businesses to host the next phase of its Cereals & Oilseeds...
Arable
New area manager appointed to Yara’s NI division
Yara Ireland has recently appointed Alan Turkington to the position of area manager for Northern Ireland. According to a statement from...
Arable
Scottish Arable Farm of the Year finalists revealed
The three finalists of the AgriScot Scottish Arable Farm of the Year were revealed by award sponsors SoilEssentials and AHDB....
Agri-Business
Potential in wheat…due to warm water in the Pacific
Wheat price has the potential to rise. Short supplies and big weather events will drive that rise. That’s according to...
Arable
Autumn light spot leaf forecast for GB unveiled
The autumn light leaf spot preliminary forecast, published this week, shows that this year the disease risk to winter oilseed...
Arable
Could underground farms be the polytunnels of the future
University of Nottingham academics are exploring a new concept for underground farms as an alternative approach to large-scale crop production,...
Arable
Batters: Workforce uncertainty is crippling horticultural businesses
NFU president Minette Batters has reiterated the importance of access to a competent and flexible workforce for the horticultural sector,...
Arable
AHDB appoints new potato knowledge exchange manager
Bill Watts has joined AHDB as the arable knowledge exchange manager (potatoes) for the West Midlands, South West and Wales....
Arable
Changes to phosphate offtake values 'could be justified'
A lowering of the AHDB’s Nutrient Management Guide’s (RB209) phosphate offtake values for cereals “could be justified”, according to results...
Arable
International events shaking up world cereals and oilseeds markets
Strained trade relations between the US and China are having a fundamental impact on world grain markets, delegates at AHDB’s...
Arable
‘Harry Ferguson of potatoes’ to be celebrated through new banknotes
Northern Ireland man John Clarke may not be well known to the general public, but his impact on the world...
Arable
Emergency sugar beet neonicotinoid applications rejected
The UK Government has refused two applications made to use neonicotinoid products as seed treatments for sugar beet. The applications...
Arable
2018 one of the lowest risk years for wheat bulb fly recorded
This year has been one of the lowest-risk years for wheat bulb fly since monitoring began, according to the final...
Arable
New guide launched to help growers test for PCN
AHDB Potatoes has launched a new guide to help growers test for Potato Cyst Nematode (PCN) – a pest that...
Grass
Could working on your soil health reduce your fertiliser wastage?
With 40% of fertiliser lost to leaching and volatilisation, growers are being urged to improve soil health to increase nutrient...
