Arable News

Guidelines for the management of insecticide resistance in several key UK crops have been updated by the Insecticide Resistance Action Group (IRAG). The guidance has been issued following restrictions on

BASF has increased supply of Crystal to better meet demand from many UK growers who need to make the best possible start to their black-grass control programmes this season.

A leading light and well-known influencer of the UK fertiliser industry has sadly passed away at the age of 43 following a short illness. Adam Thwaites was head of fertiliser

British Sugar and NFU Sugar have announced their agreement on sugar beet contract terms for 2019/20. 

With the Bury St Edmunds and Wissington sugar beet factories scheduled to open on the 26th September for the 2018/19 harvesting campaign, British sugar has also announced that the Newark

The average yield of control varieties in the 15 AHDB winter wheat trials stands at 11.12t/ha, just 0.23t/ha below the five-year average of 11.35t/ha.

As the highest-yielding quality wheat in AHDB trials this year, KWS Siskin is demonstrating its potential to deliver outstanding gross margin returns, says plant breeding company KWS. With data from

Think before rushing in to drill winter wheat after the early harvest and following some recent rainfall, farmers are being urged.

As scientists report that the unseasonably hot weather that has seen the UK bask in the hottest summer for 40 years could last until 2022, one wheat breeder is urging growers to consult results from this year’s variety trials before switching varieties.

The right rotation can make all the difference to both weed levels and arable profitability, allowing a good level of winter cropping to be maintained on even the worst black-grass

One of the newest conventional oilseed rape varieties recommended by AHDB is performing extremely well in 2018 harvest and trial results, with stem disease tolerance proving very beneficial. Elevation, which

The implications of a late spring and a hot, dry summer are yet to be fully understood by sugar beet growers, but while moisture in in short supply, plant populations are largely on target.