Arable News

Potato growers are being urged to keep a close eye on crops for signs of late blight (Phytopthora infestans) despite the recent dry weather seemingly acting to keep the disease

Openfield chief, James Dallas provides Farmers Guide with an overview of what the UK’s largest farmer-owned grain marketing co-operative can do for its members.

  The summer months are a critical time for black-grass control and while the main focus is on yield and crop quality, Bayer is reminding growers to keep an eye

Sulphur (S) experiments conducted on winter oilseed rape (WOSR) have revealed that current recommendations only require a small adjustment and not the significant uplift anticipated by some, reports AHDB. The

Cultivation immediately after harvesting has become standard practice for growers wanting the best control of problem grass weeds ahead of winter cereal drilling, but it’s about the worst thing they can do after oilseed rape.

Harvest Results from two AHDB Recommended Lists (RL) winter barley trial sites (Lincolnshire and Suffolk) have been published.

The oilseed rape area for harvest 2018 in England and Scotland has increased slightly compared with last year, according to AHDB’s 2018 Planting and Variety Survey.

Gowan Crop Protection, the marketing company for Avadex Excel 15G, is asking farmers and contractors to get its application machinery ready to go, in order to satisfy the anticipated increase

There has been a long running debate on the merits of hybrid versus conventional oilseed rape varieties, particularly in the harsher conditions of northern England and Scotland. For one Central

Disease and grass weed management should be key drivers of wheat variety choice for many growers in 2018

Protecting sugar beet crop canopies will be key to helping backward crops make the most of late-season sunshine

Mid-June and many of Sam Patchett’s crops have caught-up remarkably well from the late spring