Arable News

Sugar beet growers and industry representatives have highlighted the benefits of cultivating the crop, despite challenges British farmers are currently facing. 

Challenging weather conditions have pushed many cereal drilling operations well beyond optimal windows. Yara’s food chain business manager Mark Tucker explains how farmers can best manage the needs of crops that will struggle from the outset. 

CSFB Research+ has been launched to evaluate the field performance of novel control products, improve guidance on cultural control measures, fine-tune understanding of cabbage stem flea beetle (CSFB) development, generate data on natural enemies and prime innovation in CSFB management.

Oilseed rape crops are presenting a mixed picture this autumn, with widely varying drilling dates creating stark contrasts in growth and management needs, Agrii agronomist Louisa Kenney reports.

As the British Sugar factories open for the season, we visited the Bury St Edmunds site to find out what yields and quality are like so far.

Researchers from The James Hutton Institute and the Science and Advice for Scottish Agriculture (SASA) have revealed that a new variant of potato leafroll virus (PLRV) is rapidly replacing the historic strain that has circulated in Scotland since at least 1989.

Aphids attacking lettuce fields in England are showing surprising regional patterns that could complicate efforts to protect one of the country’s most important salad crops, new research has revealed.

Elsoms, seed specialist and plant breeder, has unveiled a new brand identity that reflects both its heritage and growing global footprint.

With cereal drilling well underway, growers are being urged to think carefully about how they can best tackle changing grassweed threats with herbicides this autumn.

Favourable conditions going into autumn have given oilseed rape crops a strong start, but growers are being urged to pay close attention to nutrition ahead of winter, as tissue testing has highlighted deficiencies.  

Three positions on the NFU Sugar Board are up for election, with successful candidates joining the Board in March 2026.

Following two challenging years for UK maize growers, where a lack of rainfall, particularly within maize-for-AD growing areas, has led to both reduced yields and lower output, growers should now be actively considering performance reliability, drought resilience and incorporating multiple-use varieties into future rotations, a Future Biogas expert advises.