Arable News

Spring crops could be on the rise this year, so is it time to give more attention to spring oilseed rape as a viable option?

The NFU has announced that it has applied for emergency use of neonicotinoid seed treatments to alleviate insect pest pressure on a proportion of the English oilseed rape crop.

BASF, ADAS and AgSpace have launched a bold initiative to recruit 50 farmers from across the whole of the UK to undertake cereal profitability trials on their farms. Entitled the

Farmers and sprayer operators need to ensure that applications of propyzamide and carbetamide are applied by the latest application dates (31 Jan and 28 Feb respectively) advises the VI. The

Syngenta has received UK approval for its new SDHI-based fungicide seed treatment, Vibrance Duo. The approval, which covers use on seed of winter wheat, winter triticale, winter rye and spring

Brassica growers need to be planning their aphid control strategy to prevent virus transmission far earlier in the season, to take advantage of new technologies and mitigate the impact of

Managing for pesticide resistance, a future without neonicotinoids, a possible pregnancy style test for black-grass, predictions of aphid numbers and yellow rust levels for 2017, were just some of the

A new spring malting barley variety that could put growing for distilling on a par yield-wise with growing brewing varieties is making strong progress in industry testing, reports its breeder,

Choose a spring barley that offers a range of attributes to increase profitability is the advice from breeders Limagrain UK. The return to favour of spring barley as a tool

Early reports of rust, coupled with increased difficulties curing septoria tritici if it’s allowed to establish, mean winter wheat growers must stay on the front foot against diseases in 2017.

Those with large acreages of OSR to spray who have not yet managed to find a suitable post-em slot in rape are reminded that they have up until the 31st January to do so.

With spring fast approaching, what are the best options for spring sowing – will spring 2017 be comparable with that of 2016? The open autumn has meant that many growers