JAN 2024
Farmers share concerns about loss of food-producing land
26th December 2023
Suffolk farmers were invited to a roundtable event by the Rural Payments Agency (RPA), where they heard the latest on available schemes and grants – and shared concerns about the level of financial support for food production versus environmental management. Sarah Kidby attended.
JAN 2024
Order early to secure spring seed
24th December 2023
Book spring seed requirements in good time given strong demand and tighter supplies going into next season, says Hutchinsons seeds manager for the south, Peter Brundle.
JAN 2024
What would the cost need to be, to ensure farmers made sure every load was 100% fit for purpose?
21st December 2023
The list of store-keeping issues that we deal with is huge but in most cases rejections can be avoidable if there is more attention to detail.
Price finally agreed for 2024/25 sugar beet crop
18th December 2023
British Sugar and NFU Sugar have agreed a deal after weeks of intense negotiations, with particular contention over the futures linked contract.
JAN 2024
Sugar beet update from inside the Wissington factory
16th December 2023
British Sugar’s Wissington factory opened its doors to press at the end of November, providing an update on this year’s campaign and work being done to tackle virus yellows and carbon emissions – as well as answering questions on next year’s beet contracts. Sarah Kidby reports.
An impressive 11 varieties join the 2024 PGRO Descriptive List
15th December 2023
A total of six combining peas, two winter beans and three spring beans have completed the requisite number of years in trials and demonstrated the necessary qualities for inclusion in the PGRO Descriptive List for pulses. Rachel Hicks reports.
Vital onion seed treatment gains emergency authorisation
14th December 2023
A collaborative effort to allow a vital seed treatment for 2024 sowing of onions has succeeded.
Caution advised with late-applied herbicides
12th December 2023
Growers planning to apply a pre- or post-emergence herbicide to late-sown crops must be aware of the potential risks to crop safety and efficacy where conditions are sub-optimal, agronomy firm Hutchinsons warns.
DEC 2023
Looking ahead to spring options
9th December 2023
A delayed 2023 harvest, followed by a particularly wet autumn hampered winter drilling, so spring cropping could be the only option for those farmers severely affected.
DEC 2023
Supporting winter crop resilience above and below ground
8th December 2023
As temperatures begin to decline, FMC crop nutrition product manager Chris Bond urges growers to build up their cereal crop resilience through foliar nutrition to help them withstand the winter.
Sugar beet negotiations fail to reach an agreement
7th December 2023
Intense negotiations between British Sugar and NFU Sugar over next year’s beet contract have reached an impasse, meaning they will now move to arbitration.
DEC 2023
Five priorities when choosing a spring barley variety
5th December 2023
Spring barley is an important rotational option on many farms, and more growers may well be looking to the crop in 2024 if exceptionally wet autumn weather has disrupted winter cropping plans.