Arable News

This year’s Cereals Event is set to go online for the first time ever, as Covid-19 restrictions are expected to prevent face-to-face meetings and gatherings for some time.

After the continued difficult season, Syngenta is extending the deadline for growers to register for free germination testing of undrilled 2019 seed of its hybrid winter barley varieties that they are having to carry over for planting in autumn 2020.

Sulphur is a vital building block of plant proteins and is a critical component in the delivery of both yield and quality.

With the final use-up date for chlorothalonil rapidly approaching, arable growers in the UK will need to switch to folpet to maintain effective protection against cereal diseases such as septoria in wheat and rhynchosporium and ramularia in barley.

The Chemicals Regulation Directorate (CRD) has announced an end to the use of Bayer’s potato seed treatment Monceren (pencycuron) as of 25th March 2020.

Bayer’s Ben Coombs Ben Coombs of Bayer shares his thoughts on wheat weed control in this unusual season.

Growers with bare land are reminded that Soya and Millet are both sown in late April through to late May, and can save the day for growers looking for late-sown cropping options.

These are BTS1915 from Limagrain UK Ltd, Evalotta KWS, Catriona KWS, Eldorana KWS, Sancha KWS and Smart Rivetta KWS from KWS UK Ltd and Lacewing from SESVanderHave UK Ltd.

Sesvanderhave is pleased to announce the addition of its variety Lacewing, which offers tolerance to the increasing Beet Cyst Nematode menace, to the British Beet Research Organisation/ British Society of Plant Breeders Recommended List for 2020/21. 

Yielding a massive 5% more than any other variety on the 2021 BBRO Recommended List, BTS 1915 leads the pack,  with an adjusted tonne yield of 108.1% and a high sugar content of 17.7%.

Environment secretary George Eustice has confirmed the government intends to relax the three-crop rule this year, as severe flooding means many farmers would struggle to comply.

This year sees a double whammy of hurdles for wheat growers – the loss of previously relied-upon ag-chem, combined with delayed drilling due to the weather means that strategies need to change this year.