Arable News

As soaring costs hit farms across the UK, tomato producer Sterling Suffolk has ceased production three years after its first fruit went on sale commercially.

With the agricultural industry under the spotlight due to the ‘climate crisis’, regenerative farming is a hot topic. However, the ability to be able to change your farming practices comes down to one thing – the bottom line. Rachel Hicks reports.

ZM-Grow is the first zinc and manganese foliar fertiliser to be made from used alkaline batteries.

Frontier’s seed business development manager for Scotland, David Waite, advises growers in the North to consider widening their varietal choice of spring malting barley this year to include Firefoxx – an early maturing spring malting barley from breeder Elsoms-Ackermann Barley.

Looking for a break crop which offers a solid return and gives your next crop the best start? Pulses could be the answer, says ADAS.

Elsoms Seeds’ new early maturing variety Makayla offers high yields and more efficient harvesting, says Cropco’s Sam Poulton.

Working closely with BDC Systems Ltd and its partner, McArthur Agriculture, W E Foers & Son Ltd installed a state of the art grain drying and handling solution that successfully met the challenging conditions around harvest 2021 and will continue to meet the challenges of harvests to come.

‘Broadacre’ weed control methods, which are increasingly replacing FAR approaches, mean sugar beet weeds can be kept in check through the early part of the season despite the loss of desmedipham.

Brothers Chris and Tom Owen found the Barn Owl system reduced energy bills and allowed them to monitor the temperature of the whole shed at the click of a button.

Bloomfield Installations, formally M. Bloomfield and sons, is a well-established fabrication and general engineering company based in the heart of Suffolk, working closely with the crop storage department of its parent company, Ben Burgess & Co. Ltd. in Norwich, Norfolk.

After five years of development, Ambros Schmelzer has launched the new AW Control System, available from exclusive UK partner, Agro Hanse UK.

Following the overwhelming success of the Barn-Stormer Grain Pusher last season, Ceres Machinery is anticipating even greater demand for the forthcoming harvest.