New herbicide strategy for potatoes affected by poor weather conditions

A prolonged period of dry weather followed by early May’s rainfall is likely to require a change of herbicide strategy for potato growers this season.

AHDB launches ‘Beige is Beautiful’ campaign to encourage people to choose wholegrains

The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) is launching a consumer marketing campaign based around a striking piece of art made entirely from wholegrains.

New tool to help farmers make decisions over cereal disease launched

Syngenta has launched a new, online support tool to help growers with fungicide decisions in winter wheat and in winter and spring barley.

Perfecting Potatoes Together – New initiative for UK growers

BASF launches ambitious new initiative on the company’s Real Results Virtual Farm. Its vision is to help UK growers unlock the potential – and the profits – in their potato crop.

AHDB winding down horticulture and potatoes operations as Ministerial decision awaited

AHDB has announced today it is winding down significant activities on behalf of the horticulture and potatoes sectors.

Adapting to changing climate a challenge for UK farmers

Extreme weather is harming UK agriculture – but many farmers have not yet made adapting to the effects of the climate emergency a priority, a new study shows.

Insecticide gets emergency authorisation for sugar beet

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has issued an emergency authorisation (EA) for the use of InSyst (acetamiprid) on sugar beet.

Septoria warning as high levels of latent disease is found in plant samples

Septoria pressure in UK wheat crops is expected to build in the coming weeks as warmer temperatures are set to follow early May rainfall.

The value of vigour in OSR

How important is vigour when selecting an OSR variety and how is it measured? Liam Wilkinson, technical arable officer talks through a new approach from Limagrain that will help growers better understand the value and use it to ensure they grow their varieties in the most suitable conditions.

Frost protection for flowering fruit crops with new natural anti-freeze bio-stimulant

AminoA ICEAAX stimulates the production of anti-freeze protein in flowering fruit crops

Cover crop of the year yields carbon-busting results

A contest involving 50 North Yorkshire farmers has removed nearly 3,000 tons of carbon from the atmosphere in just two months – the equivalent of flying from London to New York 4,000 times.

Herbicide revocation confirmed

Oilseed rape growers have been dealt a blow following clarification from the CRD (Chemicals Regulation Division) that ADAMA’s carbetamide-based grass weed herbicide, Crawler, will not be available for use beyond November 2022.

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