Arable News

A major potato pest has been eradicated from the UK, DEFRA has confirmed.

Limagrain Field Seeds UK has added several new varieties to the AHDB Recommended List (RL) 2026/27, expanding its portfolio of crop genetics. 

Following an excellent autumn for crop establishment, weed management remains
a priority this spring to make the most of crop potential.

UK arable farmers have struggled throughout 2025 due to consistently low grain prices, Hectare Trading reports.  

Experts at the inaugural Ceres AgriStrategy Conference in Cambridge this month reflected on how farmers can build resilience in spite of volatility.

Sparkler, a new Group 4 soft wheat, has joined the 2026/27 Recommended List (RL) as the highest-yielding UK soft feed variety, breeder Elsoms Seeds confirmed.

A Lincolnshire farm has completed the first harvest from what is believed to be the most northerly commercial olive grove in the world.  

A consultation into unfair practices in the combinable crops supply chain has been launched today following the release of a review into supply chain fairness. 

Vegetable growers, industry researchers and suppliers had the opportunity to take an in-depth look at the latest developments in vegetable crop production during Hutchinsons’ inaugural Vegetable Innovation Hub Open Day. 

Launched on 1st December by Paul Gosling of AHDB, the new Recommended List (RL) for cereals and oilseeds is “packed full of options for multiple markets”.

NFU Sugar said that its members are “extremely disappointed” with the government’s decision to expand and extend the Autonomous Tariff Quota for raw cane sugar. 

Farmers now have the option to apply Proclus (aclonifen) or Bandur (aclonifen) at 0.4l/ha in winter wheat and winter barley post-emergence up to the 4-leaf stage. Since approval in 2020, these herbicides had only been permitted for pre-emergence application.