Arable News

Major wheat exporter stocks are already the lowest they have been for a decade, and the market appears to have very little risk premium factored in for any major weather issues.

Variable-rate nitrogen applications could go some way to managing uneven growth of winter cereals and oilseeds following the continued wet weather and saturated soils, reckons Omnia digital farming manager, Aidan Monaghan.

With a lot of uncertainty this spring, a Suffolk sugar beet grower who hasn’t opted for Cruiser-treated seed is nervous about aphids but has confidence in his variety choice.