Arable News

Organisers of the Cereals Event have emphasised that, even though next year’s show will take place on a farm well known from the Clarkson’s Farm series, the event is exclusively for farmers and agricultural traders only. Read more to see how to book your tickets safely.

The Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) scheme offers grants to those who are willing to adopt its rules for three years. Among the rules are strict restrictions on the use of chemical insecticides, seed dressings, nematicides, acaricides and silica insecticides. However, this has caused some confusion with farms using silicon biostimulants.

Cereal growers must remain vigilant for signs of insect pest activity and be prepared to treat crops, if necessary, Hutchinsons expert advises. 

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.