Arable News

The government has confirmed that it will not grant emergency authorisation for Cruiser SB this year.

NFU Sugar experts have shared their opinion of the effect of currency movements on sugar prices. 

The challenging 2024 season produced some unwelcome weather for growing forage maize, but it also underlined several valuable lessons, said ProCam Field Options technical lead Simon Montgomery.

Opico launched new share options, a spot-spraying system and 0% finance package for Farmdroid’s FD20 weed-and-seed robot at LAMMA.

Jeremy Clarkson will host the Cereals Event 2026 at the Diddly Squat Farm in the Cotswolds. 

British Sugar has confirmed that over 5mt of beet has now been sliced, marking the best period since the 2018/19 campaign. 

Yellow Wellies and British Sugar have asked sugar beet farmers to follow a few important rules when working during dark winter mornings.

Syngenta and the artificial intelligence company TraitSeq are joining forces to use the full power of AI for the development of innovative, high-performance biostimulants.

At a press briefing today (10th January 2025) the Weed Resistance Action Group (WRAG) announced that a glyphosate-resistant population of Italian ryegrass has been confirmed on a farm in Kent. This is the first field population of any weed to have glyphosate resistance in the UK.

Experts have just revealed that a specific gene appears to protect some fungal threats as they invade wheat. They said that disarming these defences could offer a pathway to keeping pathogens in check.

NFU Sugar board chair Michael Sly has spoken about the importance of fair prices for sugar beet growers in 2025.

British farmers have been invited to take part in trials to measure legume-related benefits following easy-to-use monitoring methods.