Arable News

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. 

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.