Arable News

Oilseed rape in many northern areas is expected to be at very high risk from light leaf spot this spring, so crops must be fully protected throughout the crucial flowering

Some of UK agriculture’s well-known names have come together to support a four-day charity cycle ride in July, which will cover a 260-mile route through Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire, and Norfolk.

“The PGRO Bean Yield Challenge looks towards growing a 10 tonne field bean crop by 2020,” says Roger Vickers, Chief Executive of PGRO. “As many will remember, a generation ago, the

Although some of the 2018 sugar beet crop is still to be drilled improving weather and ground conditions will see growers catch up quickly. Consequently, the crop will, in reality, be only a few weeks behind schedule.

Controlling pests and diseases in soya beans will now be much easier with the approval of two new Extension of Authorisation for Minor Use (EAMU) registrations; Lambdastar for controlling bean

Although cereal crops are behind the curve this season, it’s important to continue to monitor them over the next few weeks as disease pressure could build. “Daylight hours are increasing

Wheat growers and agronomists should ensure as much as possible that their T1 spray timings are spot on this season after weeks of exceptionally wet weather forced some wheat growers

The 2017/18 sugar beet campaign came to a close just before Easter and the British beet sugar industry is celebrating record yields from the crop, says British Sugar. 8.9m tonnes

Keep winter wheat T1 sprays at GS32 urges Bayer’s’Tim Nicholson after many T0s were abandoned or applied late following cool and wet weather through much of March. He says the

The potato industry is being urged to take part in a free interactive e-learning course on best practice nematicide usage that has been launched by the NSP and ARTIS. With

With the T0 timing approaching rapidly, there are good reasons not to be tempted to miss the first fungicide spray, says Chris Bean, technical director of Zantra. Septoria is easy

Despite the cold, wet conditions and a delayed start to the potato planting season, potato agronomist Denis Buckley advises growers not to panic yet and keep to their original plans.