Exciting new additions to Recommended Lists
12th December 2018
The 2019/2020 AHDB cereals and oilseeds Recommended List has been announced, with some new additions that offer exceptional disease resistance.
Nutritional seed treatments deliver spring cropping value
12th December 2018
Five years of in-depth research shows that specialist nutritional seed treatments can substantially improve the performance and profitability of spring cereals.
Industry must look beyond headline yields
12th December 2018
A flexible variety trialling system that looks beyond headline yields is required by growers and users of cereals and oilseeds in the UK.
New Recommended Lists boast exceptional disease resistance
12th December 2018
New varieties on the AHDB Recommended Lists for cereals and oilseeds (RL) boast remarkable untreated yields.
Do you have a rodent baiting point plan in place?
12th December 2018
Farmers attending this year’s LAMMA event can pick up top tips on easy and effective ways to protect their stored machinery from rodent damage.
Pulses UK is the new name and image for BEPA
6th December 2018
“Pulses UK is the new name and image for BEPA, and is the association made up of Growers, Processors, Merchants, Packers and Manufacturers,” announced Franek Smith, President, Pulses UK at the organisation’s re-launch.
Wheat, winter barley and oat areas likely to be up for Harvest ’19
5th December 2018
The areas sown to wheat, winter barley and oats in Britain have all increased compared with 2017/18, according to AHDB’s Early Bird Survey.
World Soil Day marks importance of a healthy environment for farming
5th December 2018
Today, 5th December, is World Soil Day – a UN-led campaign to highlight the importance of healthy soil and the role it plays in society. Environment Minister Therese Coffey encourages farmers to see
Farming or Fiction? Growing potatoes on Mars…
5th December 2018
As we mark the significance of healthy farming environments on World Soil Day, our agricultural curiosity takes us across the solar system to places that are rich with untouched soil.
United Oilseeds harvest pool tops £302 per tonne before bonuses
30th November 2018
The independent United Oilseeds co-operative, which has the largest rapeseed tonnage under pool management in the UK, has announced a Harvest Pool result of in excess of £302 per tonne
NFU says “New ELM schemes must deliver for arable sector”
28th November 2018
The NFU has today stressed the need for future Environmental and Land Management (ELM) schemes to provide certainty and resilience for the arable sector, especially in periods of volatile prices
Manage soils now to prevent water pollution
28th November 2018
‘Think Water’, ‘Metazachlor matters’, and ‘Get Pelletwise’ are pesticide stewardship initiatives which aim to limit contamination of drinking water with actives such as metazachlor, propyzamide, carbetamide and metaldehyde. Growers are urged
