Arable News

Growers and distributors of plant protection products (PPPs) are being warned to be on high alert following a break-in at a secure distributor store. 

Nationwide Precast Concrete will be one of the exhibitors at Cereals 2024. The company’s representatives will be showcasing a range of its concrete products.

Team Sprayers will showcase a selection of trailed and mounted agricultural sprayer models at Cereals 2024.

V-Tuf will showcase its tufJET IBC cleaner available in petrol, diesel and hydraulic powered options at this year’s Cereals. It’s a pressure washer mounted on a 1,000-litre tank so you can literally clean anywhere, the company says.

Over 600 individual crop plots from 25 exhibitors will give Cereals visitors access to the very latest in crop breeding, protection, nutrition, and science.

The 2023/24 sugar beet campaign finally concluded, later than usual, with the Cantley factory slicing the last sugar beet of the campaign on Friday 19th April.

Offering reduced input costs, flexibility, adaptability and good returns, the UK hybrid rye area could double in size within the next few years, experts predict.

Researchers at the University of Essex are aiming to revolutionise onion farming by growing the vegetable inside a shipping container in a bid to speed up growth and make the process better for the environment.

An unusually wet spring meant there was very little spring barley in the ground by mid-April, when a press briefing saw experts share top tips on maximising the crop – as well as a new barley resource for growers and agronomists. Sarah Kidby reports.

Clarkson’s Farm fans will have seen Andy Cato, of Groove Armada fame, on a recent episode of the hit show, encouraging Jeremy Clarkson to drill a field blending both wheat and beans. Kaleb Cooper certainly took some convincing, but unlike some of Jeremy’s own experiments, this is one which has some real science and thought behind it.

New and promising cereal varieties from Senova will sit alongside some existing favourites at this year’s Cereals event.

MJP Supplies, the UK distributor of Algifol, said that enquiry levels at last year’s Cereals 2023 show and subsequent sales of the seaweed-based biostimulant encouraged it to book again for this year’s event.