Arable News

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. 

Tickets are now on sale for the Cereals Event 2026, which will be hosted on Jeremy Clarkson’s Diddly Squat Farm.

Corteva Agriscience announced that Ed Barnatt has been appointed the new UK & Ireland country leader.

Trials of cultivating rice, other food crops, and bioenergy plants on rewetted peat soils in the Cambridgeshire Fens are part of a project which brings together scientists from the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) and local farmers.

Extreme weather conditions have made the 2025 harvest especially challenging for many growers, with AHDB reporting considerable variability as the key finding.

The Beet Wellington from Richard Western is a heavy duty, high-performance trailer with extra strength in the chassis, body and running gear to cope with heavy-duty workloads.

Farmers will be able to use the independent data on biofungicide performance in crop protection programmes, thanks to a series of AHDB-funded pilot trials.

With grain prices under pressure and input costs climbing, more UK farmers are turning to strategic selling to manage risk and secure margins. According to Hectare Trading, there is growing interest among farmers in selling their crop forward over the harvest period.

The British Beet Research Organisation has shared advice to help sugar beet growers maximise yields and sugar content when harvesting in warm conditions.

From 1st January 2026, the rules for purchasing and using professional rodenticides on farms are changing. In just a few months, holding membership of a CRRU-approved farm assurance scheme will no longer be sufficient to access the products needed to control rodent infestations. It is time for farmers to get ready.