Arable News

Tom Turner of seed breeder KWS offers advice on varietal choice and outlines the new SFI maize options.

Loading workers at CF Fertilisers’ Billingham factory will strike over pay.

With many growers contemplating drilling earlier this autumn, Farmers Guide looks at how to minimise risks from grassweeds when drilling earlier.

UPL is offering 30 free potato store fogging treatments in September.

A Norfolk onion grower is delighted with his improved post-emergence weed control and reduced chemical costs.

After putting a unique box and bag unloader through its paces, AKP Group has reported a 33% increase in efficiency and a 50% reduction in forklift movements.

Wondering what you should be doing in light of the evolving SFI offers? Georgina Wallis, Hutchinsons head of environmental services offers insight into the current options.

A project aimed at improving management of cabbage stem flea beetles (CSFB), which are the primary cause for the dramatic reduction in the area of UK Oilseed Rape (OSR) crops over the last decade, has just been launched. 

This month, Farmers Guide celebrates 45 years of supporting British farmers, with the first ever issue of the magazine published being September 1979. Rachel Hicks looks back at arable cropping across the UK then, versus now.

Half of the fertiliser used on UK wheat crops could be removed, without yield or quality penalties if a unique combination of nitrogen-capturing technologies is successful in trials, scientists claim. 

With the daunting number of funding changes that have been – and still are – taking place across the farming community in the UK, there is a clear need for transparent advice and guidance for farmers on the Farm Resilience Fund. Sarah Juggins reports.

Wheat growers are being urged to manage risk by taking on board the lessons of the challenging 2023/24 season when making this autumn’s drilling and variety decisions.