Arable News

“Farming is not standing still because of the coronavirus and neither are we.”

A progressive Suffolk farm is trialling the UK’s fastest growing agricultural weather station network service, to assess its benefits to the operation. David Williams reports.

Dry conditions are well known to increase the risk of nitrogen losses from granular urea but perhaps less widely acknowledged is the risk for liquid fertilisers.

43% of UK fruit and vegetables are being produced sustainably to the LEAF Marque Standard, it was revealed as LEAF (Linking Environment And Farming) announces its latest global impacts.

On 12th March, we were due to hold our annual Farmers Guide awards. Unfortunately, for the safety of our staff and guests, we made the decision to cancel the event, so here is a summary of our well-deserving winners!

Bayer Crop Science is pleased to hear that an Emergency Use Approval for Biscaya (thiacloprid) has been granted in sugar beet in England.

In a regional round-up from BASF Agronomy Managers, feedback suggests it’s a real mix bag of winter wheat and oilseed rape crops, unsurprisingly following the wet winter.

This season’s vast area of spring sown cereals face emerging to an almost instant intense and prolonged risk of BYDV infection.

Growers have until 3rd February 2021 to use up any remaining stocks of the foliar insecticides Biscaya and Calypso (thiacloprid) after the Chemicals Regulation Division (CRD) confirmed the end of sales date of the 3 August 2020 for thiacloprid-containing products.

Following a mild and wet winter, farmers are being advised to tackle rats in spring to avoid potential infestations this autumn.

Researchers at Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) have created an apple pollination experiment to help parents who are home schooling their children.

Pre-emergence herbicides will need to feature more prominently in sugar beet weed control programmes in order to mitigate the risks from poorer control later in the season, leading agronomy firm Hutchinsons says.