Arable
Strategic Monitor Farm East to focus on managing lower inputs
With ever-increasing pressure for farmers to find ways to cut costs, Strategic Monitor Farm East will start to look at...
Arable
Arable
Taking on take-all to ensure good second wheats
To maximise yield and profit from second wheats in 2019, take-all control is a key consideration this autumn, according to...
Agri-Business
Grain price: Last week saw positive moves
Grain prices finished on a relatively positive note on Friday. LIFFE wheat for November closed the week at £176.35/t, while...
Arable
Drought 2018 still posing questions for potato growers
A special session at the final Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) Strategic Farm field walk of the season focused...
World News
Malaria-fighting plant trial succeeds on US farm
American researchers are testing the feasibility of growing plants to treat malaria has said the plant has been successful in its...
Arable
Cabbage beetles with suspected resistance wanted for research
Researchers are appealing for growers to submit live samples of cabbage stem flea beetle with suspected resistance to pyrethroid insecticides...
Agri-Business
Farmcare agrees new farm management partnerships
One of the UK’s largest growing farming businesses, Farmcare, has entered into a series of partnerships to take over the...
Arable
Insecticide guidelines updated in light of recent pesticide bans
Guidelines for the management of insecticide resistance in several key UK crops have been updated by the Insecticide Resistance Action...
Grass
College develops new 'Soil MOT'...are you due a check-up?
A comprehensive ‘Soil MOT’ – measuring everything from pH levels to earthworm activity – has been created by Scotland’s Rural...
Pig/Poultry
Dry summer's impact shows in nutritional analysis of 2018 crop
The recent drought and dry summer experienced across the country has made its impact felt in the nutritional analysis of...
Arable
Conservative MEP slams ‘misleading’ EU pesticides report
A conservative agricultural spokesperson, has spoken out against a report on pesticides which she says “misrepresents” the findings of the...
Arable
British Sugar and NFU Sugar announce 2019 sugar beet price
British sugar beet growers will benefit from a new contract free of deductions for crown tare. In a statement, British Sugar...
Arable
Early egg count results indicate a relatively low wheat bulb fly risk
Initial egg count results from an autumn wheat bulb fly (WBF) survey suggest it is likely to be another relatively...
Arable
Summer drought spurs efforts to reduce horticultural peat use
Industry research and innovation on alternatives to using peat in commercial horticulture will be showcased at a series of Agriculture...
Arable
UK flour trade likely to be hit even in event of an EU trade deal
A new report published by the Agriculture Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) scrutinises the future of the UK milling and malting...
Arable
7 first-choice newcomers on Forage Maize and Biogas Maize Descriptive Lists
Seven new first-choice varieties have been added to the British Society of Plant Breeder’s 2019 Forage Maize Descriptive Lists (DL),...
Arable
Trials shed light on take-all in barley
Recent trial results measuring the effect of inputs on crop health, nutrition, take-all incidence and severity, have shed light on...
Agri-Business
New pilot scheme to bring 2,500 seasonal workers to UK farms
A nationwide pilot to bring migrant workers to UK farms has been announced by the Home Secretary and Environment Secretary...
