Celebrating 40 years of progress
5th July 2019
Wheat breeder Bill Angus looks back over the past 40 years and highlights some of the successes and challenges of wheat breeding and growing over that time, while looking to the future with optimism.
OSR varieties for highlighted at Cereals 2019
5th July 2019
Winter oilseed rape variety selection is always a theme on NIAB’s stand at Cereals, and last month’s event was no different.
Corteva’s pipeline fungicide Inatreq in action
5th July 2019
A new active ingredient targeting septoria and other key diseases in wheat is expected to be approved in time for applications in spring 2020, Corteva Agriscience announced at a special briefing in late June.
Game-changing soil mapping service launched
5th July 2019
A new soil nutrient scanning and mapping system, until now only available and in operation overseas, has been launched in the UK and is claimed to set a new standard for accuracy in precision agriculture.
Grass Weed Action – Couch
5th July 2019
It may not be the national problem it once was, but we ignore couch grasses at our peril, stresses Barrie Hunt in the next in our series of specialist articles.
Boosting oilseed rape establishment
4th July 2019
Despite being a profitable and effective break crop, and one which enables cereal growers to introduce alternative black-grass herbicides into their rotation, the long-term future of oilseed rape in the UK is coming under scrutiny.
Heightened blight pressure raises the stakes for tuber protection
3rd July 2019
Growers need to give careful consideration as to how they protect potato crops through to the end of the season following a surge in reports of the disease across England and Wales.
Trials show value of integrated approach amidst higher disease pressure
3rd July 2019
The value of using a robust fungicide programme and selecting varieties with good disease resistance has been clearly demonstrated in Hutchinsons trials near Carlisle.
Use Escolta for maximum yields
3rd July 2019
Favourable weather conditions have led to reports of foliar disease in sugar beet crops.
BASF innovates in grapes
1st July 2019
BASF is well known in the industry for developing cost-effective solutions to help growers of smaller acreage crops such as fruit and vegetables.
Revysol receives UK authorisation at vital time for growers
1st July 2019
The first product containing the active ingredient Revysol® has been authorised for use in the UK, giving farmers access to an important new cereal fungicide for their spray programmes in 2020.
Groundbreaking agronomy on display this summer at Suffolk trials site
28th June 2019
Farmers across East Anglia have a valuable opportunity to catch up with some of the most innovative agronomy in the arable sector at Agrovista’s new regional trials site near Framlingham,
