Arable
Plant counts a help in making agronomic decisions
Plant counts are a very useful task to carry out. At this time of the year – and in a...
Arable
Plant counts are a very useful task to carry out. At this time of the year – and in a...
Arable
Cereal growers can learn about their fields’ aphid populations if they get involved in a new research project. The work...
Arable
The heavy rain was the main talking point of the ‘Cereals‘ event in the UK last week, but there was...
Agri-Business
Figures published by the British Retail Consortium (BRC) confirm that food inflation accelerated in March to 2.5%, up from 1.6%...
Arable
Rothamsted Research recently hosted a technical seminar on how the UK can avoid a potential Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus (BYDV)...
Arable
A rallying call has been issued to industry experts across the UK to join forces with the Agriculture and Horticulture...
World News
Russian cereal production estimates have been revised downwards; however, it’s expected production will still remain above average in the country. The...
Arable
The UK’s largest independent agricultural and environmental consultancy, ADAS, has been awarded European funding for a new yield-boosting project called...
Arable
In farming, the conventional and organic world might not seem the easiest bedfellows, but they met in peace for a...
N.Ireland
UK cereal farmers are being urged to proactively plan for Brexit and not to “wait and see” what happens. Tillage...
Machinery
Cereals 2017 is one of the biggest trade shows in either Ireland or the UK specifically focused on the tillage sector....
N.Ireland
Agri-Food and Biosciences’ Institute (AFBI) plant scientists are becoming increasingly concerned about the growing threat posed by Black Grass and...
Arable
Last year’s UK-based ‘Cereals’ event, for tillage farmers, featured an 8m long x 1.5m deep soil pit, demonstrating the impact...
N.Ireland
Production levels across all of the main cereal crops and potatoes is estimated to fall in the North this year,...
Arable
The area of potatoes planted in Ireland is up 2.8% year-on-year, from 8,500ha to 8,800ha, the latest figures (for June...
Agri-Business
World food prices hit a seven-year low in August 2015, down 5.2% from July 2015, the Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO)...
Dairy
The number of dairy cows in Northern Ireland increased by 6% in June 2015 on June last year to 311,500...