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Reduced plantings of wheat, oats and oilseeds in the UK next year
According to the Home Grown Cereals Authority’s Early Bird Survey of UK tillage farmers’ planting intentions for 2015, a reduction...
Barley
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Protein at all-time low levels in British barleys
Analysis carried out by the Home Grown Cereals Authority (HGCA) in Britain confirms that the average nitrogen content of barley...
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UK harvest 80% done, following 500,000ha push this week
Some 80% of the total UK cereal and oilseed rape area has been harvested according to latest reports from the...
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Need for straw imports into Northern Ireland questioned
A Co Derry cereal grower has expressed deep dismay at the large tonnages of straw being imported from the Republic...
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Good EU-28 cereal yields predicted
The EU Commission’s crop monitoring unit (MARS) recently released a positive outlook for EU-28 cereal yields. It forecasts that average...
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Above average EU cereal harvest on the cards
Prospects for 2014 indicate an above average EU cereal harvest for the second year in a row (and a record...
Arable
New international collaboration to protect the world's crops
Experts from the UK and India are working together to identify and develop novel environmentally-sustainable strategies to control plant pests,...
