Arable News

Bury St Edmunds and Wissington factories have officially opened and are ready for beet intake as the sugar beet campaign for 2024/25 begins. 

Noah’s Ark Zoo Farm has announced its most successful and varied pumpkin harvest yet. This year’s Pumpkinfest will showcase over 6,000 pumpkins grown with the help of elephant and rhino poo, making it the zoo’s largest and most exciting autumn celebration to date. 

A Wynnstay expert warns that it is important to check maize is mature before harvesting this year, as a difficult growing season has produced variable crops. 

Growers are already looking ahead to the next cereal crop as cultivations begin – and Sea2Soil says soil health is the cornerstone in establishment prep.

Loading workers at the CF Fertilisers factory will no longer strike in September.

Reforms to the UK sugar beet seed model will give growers more choice and flexibility, allowing earlier uptake of new genetics and increase choice for growers.

Tom Turner of seed breeder KWS offers advice on varietal choice and outlines the new SFI maize options.

Loading workers at CF Fertilisers’ Billingham factory will strike over pay.

With many growers contemplating drilling earlier this autumn, Farmers Guide looks at how to minimise risks from grassweeds when drilling earlier.

UPL is offering 30 free potato store fogging treatments in September.

A Norfolk onion grower is delighted with his improved post-emergence weed control and reduced chemical costs.

After putting a unique box and bag unloader through its paces, AKP Group has reported a 33% increase in efficiency and a 50% reduction in forklift movements.