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Dr Paul Fogg, Crop Production Specialist for Frontier Agriculture Ltd says that herbicide programmes in trials this year generally worked well, but he acknowledged that the mild and wet winter

With light leaf spot infections able to significantly detract from oilseed rape yield potential, UK growers must be ready to act at the first sign of the disease this autumn.

Growers need to look behind the headline figures and fully understand the robustness of their wheat variety genetics, urges Ron Granger, arable technical manager with Limagrain UK. “This season we

The NFU has appointed a new director to lead its newly created Brexit Unit as the organisation moves to strengthen and extend its political reach in the wake of the

The most effective elimination of black-grass and rye-grass immediately ahead of crop emergence is crucial in taking full advantage of the golden opportunity delayed wheat drilling offers in managing these

Harvest Results are now available from 18 AHDB Recommended Lists (RL) spring barley trials.

A significant 5% increase in the 2016 field bean area, plus a substantial 18% increase in the combining pea area in the Defra June Survey, underlines the fact that the

Cheffins Cambridge Vintage Sale at Sutton, near Ely on the 15th October 2016 will showcase a number of the world’s most unusual classic cars, motorcycles, tractors and steam engines, available

Applications are open for the eighth joint Bayer and Farming and Countryside Education Bayer / FACE Awards, which celebrate the great work that farmers and those involved in agriculture do

With such high levels of black-grass in oilseed rape crops this autumn, growers are being advised to use the most effective herbicides in sequence to get on top of the

Views on the value of Clearfield herbicide tolerant technology have been sought from farmers and agronomists in two surveys conducted by BASF. “According to the 47 independent agronomists interviewed, 11%

The beginning of the new Young Farmer’s year saw the appointment of Essex Young Farmer’s (EYF) new county chair, Hannah Kelsey, reports the organisation. In addition, EYF were manning the bar