Arable News

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Two years since gaining full approval for malt distilling use, the high-yielding spring malting barley Firefoxx, bred by Elsoms-Ackermann Barley, has been continuing its upward trajectory with recent commercial interest from maltster Muntons PLC.

That was the message to attendees at the annual Agriculture & Water workshop in Lavenham, Suffolk, jointly organised by agronomy firm Farmacy and sponsor Essex & Suffolk Water.

Branston, potato supplier and one of the sponsors of the primary school-based farm-to-fork initiative, is once again encouraging schools to sign up for the Grow Your Own Potatoes programme.

Arable experts have highlighted the urgent need for research and development of sustainable crop protection methods for sugar beet following the news that the emergency application for the use of Cruiser SB on sugar beet seed in England will not be granted.

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.