Arable News

NPZ UK offerings in the 2025 descriptive list bring a plethora of benefits to pulse growers. 

Two Syngenta malting barley varieties have been promoted on the latest Malting Barley Committee (MBC) approved list of varieties for harvest 2025.   

British Sugar has confirmed that this year’s campaign is “progressing well”, with over 2.5 million tonnes of sugar beet having already been processed. 

As farmers look to build new or upgrade their existing grain drying and storage systems for harvest 2025, McArthur BDC talks about a continuing trend towards automated plants based around the popular Mecmar mobile grain drier.  

Ahead of the festive season, potato supplier Branston has once again launched its innovative hybrid Nemo spud to support demand for volume and faster cooking times. 

AHDB’s early bird survey predicts an increase in the UK wheat area for harvest 2025 of 5.4%, however, it will still remain below the 2019 to 2023 average. The country can also see the lowest oilseed rape planted area for 42 years.

Introducing FMC’s newest herbicide active, Isoflex, experts explored the increasingly complex challenge of weed control. Sarah Kidby reports.

With few policy makers having spent time at the coal face of farming, what is the future of UK agriculture?

Beet yields and sugar levels are lower than hoped for on Andrew Ward’s farm, but not as bad as expected given the late drilling in a very wet year.

Following the Malting Barley Committees’ (MBC) autumn meeting earlier this month, the winter malting barley Buccaneer from Elsoms Seeds was granted full approval for brewing use. 

Agriculture director at British Sugar, Dan Green, has shared the latest update on this year’s sugar beet campaign. 

The 2024 AHDB Cereal Quality Survey (CQS) confirms harvest reports of low protein for wheat and low nitrogen levels in barley. However, there are also positive findings.