Author Posts: Farmers Guide

Unexpected levels of septoria tritici infection reported on the winter wheat variety Cougar in 2015 appear to have been limited to that specific variety. The conclusion is based on AHDB-funded

Options for consolidation just got wider, with an extensive portfolio of additional packer and press options that have joined the Kverneland range.

Europe’s leading agricultural and machinery auctioneer Cheffins has been confirmed as headline sponsor of the UK’s largest outdoor vintage tractor festival.

Farms and estates marketed during the first three months of 2019 have met strong interest from potential buyers despite the economic and political uncertainty, according to land and property specialists Strutt & Parker.

Kverneland has extended its coverage throughout Cornwall and south Devon, with the appointment of Vincent Tractors & Plant to its dealer network.

Spring barley growers are being advised to modify their approach to broad-leaved weed control to counter the dry conditions being experienced across much of the UK.

As the effective control of barley diseases becomes increasingly difficult to achieve due to changes in their sensitivity to widely used fungicides, growers throughout the UK must use a diversity of modes of action to combat key diseases.

At the time of writing, soils are currently very dry with only intermittent rainfall in the long-term forecast. What does this mean in terms of crop nutrition?

Up and down the country winter wheat crops are looking well, full of potential which will need looking after and the focus of growers’ attention is now the T1 spray timing.

10-point plan helps farmers to answer the question – ‘Is my business fit for the future?’

Following the tough 2018 growing season, the latest estimates from the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) show British potato stock levels were down 13 per cent on the five-year average.

Natural England (NE) is temporarily revoking three general licences in England that allow the shooting and trapping of most pest bird species from Thursday 25 April 2019.