Following a smaller cereal harvest in 2024, there was an increased reliance on imported grain, according to the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB). Wheat production…
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Hutchinsons’ technical manager for the south, Neil Watson, is warning growers to pay more attention to lemon blossom midge, as much of the efforts are focused…
An on-farm trial into a slug-resistant wheat has been conducted by farmers and completed as part of a study co-ordinated by BOFIN (British On-Farm Innovation Network)…
Analysis by an international team led by the UK’s Rothamsted Research has determined that global wheat production could be doubled compared to what they are. This…
Set to celebrate 10 years at Groundswell this year, the Nelson German elite wheat, or E-wheat, is said to offer high protein levels with lower nitrogen…
With just a month to go until Cereals, we attended the Crop Plot preview day and, alongside our sister publication Agronomist & Arable Farmer, interviewed the…
Joining the AHDB Recommended List 2022-23, Limagrain’s LG Typhoon is a high yielding Group 4 hard wheat that will be available this autumn. “LG Typhoon delivers…
Septoria is not getting any easier to control and the protectant spray timing is becoming more critical, advises a leading independent agronomist ahead of the new…
Regardless of the favourable conditions that autumn and winter have provided for cereal growers, in most cases, a contact herbicide will still need to be sprayed…
While better conditions throughout the winter will result in a lesser dependence on spring cropping in 2022, they will remain important on many farms for agronomic,…