Arable News

Thanks to the mild and dry weather conditions the UK has been enjoying recently, the annual British pea production has begun, allowing around 700 farmers to take to the fields to officially begin the drilling season.

According to the Processors and Growers Research Organisation (PGRO), when it comes to serious infestations of bean seed fly (Delia platura), plant loss at seedling stage may be high, often resulting in re-drilling and loss of production of high value crops at an early growth stage.

In answer to soaring public demand, a Suffolk-based cooperative of five independent farmers have pooled their resources to fund their own hybrid crop development project.

This year’s Cereals Event is set to go online for the first time ever, as Covid-19 restrictions are expected to prevent face-to-face meetings and gatherings for some time.

After the continued difficult season, Syngenta is extending the deadline for growers to register for free germination testing of undrilled 2019 seed of its hybrid winter barley varieties that they are having to carry over for planting in autumn 2020.

With the final use-up date for chlorothalonil rapidly approaching, arable growers in the UK will need to switch to folpet to maintain effective protection against cereal diseases such as septoria in wheat and rhynchosporium and ramularia in barley.

Sulphur is a vital building block of plant proteins and is a critical component in the delivery of both yield and quality.

The Chemicals Regulation Directorate (CRD) has announced an end to the use of Bayer’s potato seed treatment Monceren (pencycuron) as of 25th March 2020.

Bayer’s Ben Coombs Ben Coombs of Bayer shares his thoughts on wheat weed control in this unusual season.

Growers with bare land are reminded that Soya and Millet are both sown in late April through to late May, and can save the day for growers looking for late-sown cropping options.

These are BTS1915 from Limagrain UK Ltd, Evalotta KWS, Catriona KWS, Eldorana KWS, Sancha KWS and Smart Rivetta KWS from KWS UK Ltd and Lacewing from SESVanderHave UK Ltd.

Sesvanderhave is pleased to announce the addition of its variety Lacewing, which offers tolerance to the increasing Beet Cyst Nematode menace, to the British Beet Research Organisation/ British Society of Plant Breeders Recommended List for 2020/21.