Deer Awareness Day

The Deer Initiative is offering a ‘Deer Awareness Best Practice’ event for deer managers and landowners, taking place on Thursday, 30th November in Suffolk. Some of the key items on

New chemistry could drive shift to earlier weed control applications

Dow AgroSciences says more cereals growers could get ahead in the battle to control broad-leaved weeds during the autumn now they have a new tool in the box.

Elevation rises to the top of the list

A new UK-bred oilseed rape variety looks set to top the AHDB’s candidate list again this year – boasting top-class yields and a strong all-round profile. Heading up trial results

Winter Wheat 2017 Harvest Results – 11/9

Harvest Results for a further seventeen AHDB Recommended Lists (RL) winter wheat trials were reported earlier in September.

Could high protein be hampered by Hagberg and gluten levels?

GB wheat protein could be on track to be the highest on record, according to the first provisional results of AHDB Cereals & Oilseeds’ Cereal Quality Survey 2017.

Stay alert for bacterial tuber diseases at harvest

With potato harvest underway and yield predictions looking positive, growers should be on alert for bacterial diseases, as higher than average incidences are seen across the UK.

Spring Barley 2017 Harvest Results – 18/9

Harvest Results are reported for five AHDB Recommended Lists spring barley trials.

Winter Oilseed Rape 2017 Harvest Results – 22/8

The 2017 gross output value of the control varieties is 5.51 t/ha, which is very close to the four-year average (5.50 t/ha), reports ADHB. The varieties Campus (106%), Wembley (105%),

Winter Wheat 2017 Harvest Results – 22/8

Results include sites from Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire and Norfolk. Average yields stand at 10.87t/ha, which are just behind the five-year average of 11.01t/ha, reports AHDB. In 2017, Group 4 hard feed

Winter Barley 2017 Harvest Results – 29/8

Harvest Results from AHDB Recommended Lists (RL) winter barley trials show yields in 2017 continuing to perform similarly to the five-year average, reports the AHDB. The Harvest Results for 29

Look behind the headline for variety choice

With over 41 winter wheat varieties on the AHDB Recommended List 2017- 2018, how will growers choose the right varieties for their farms? It’s important to look behind the headline

New liquid formulation of maleic hydrazide available

Arriving just in time for the application season, Itcan SL 270 is a new, liquid formulation of maleic hydrazide registered for use in onion and potato crops. The maximum label

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