Arable News

Allowing tariff-free access to sugar from any country would undercut the UK’s sugar beet sector, NFU warns.

The first baked beans to be grown in the UK have now progressed to the tinning phase, an important step towards sustainable, UK-sourced food options.

For the second year running, plant breeder Limagrain’s winter wheat LG Beowulf and winter barley LG Caravelle, are the highest yielding varieties to join the 2024/25 AHDB Recommended List.

The Processors and Growers Research Organisation (PGRO) has added 11 new pea and bean varieties to its 2024 Descriptive List for pulses.

AHDB has launched the online edition of the Recommended Lists for cereals and oilseeds (RL) 2024/25, which is “leaner and meaner” than previous years.

With so much land being taken out of commercial cereal productions, when there is a call to feed the nation, what changes could you make, over what timelines, and at what cost?

Population monitoring has revealed little change in the British late blight population during 2023, but the threat from resistant strains in Europe looms large and will require the use of robust anti-resistance fungicide strategies next year.

Negotiations between British Sugar and NFU Sugar will now recommence after reaching an impasse earlier this month.

Following a relatively wet autumn, weeds could take advantage of wet soil and open canopies to cause problems this spring. Adam Hinchcliffe of Bayer shares his thoughts on how to approach weed control in 2024.

According to the BBRO’s latest bulletin in early November, poor harvesting conditions – with already wet soil continually being topped up by further rain – have led to slow and challenging harvest progress for many, with operators having to be selective in where they can travel and constantly having to change harvesting plans.

Balancing mankind’s burgeoning need for food and the welfare of the planet we inhabit is a challenge that will require innovation on a scale similar to that of the IT revolution of the last 30 years.

Burdens’ specialist vegetable machinery department is looking for more dealers for the Struik range of potato equipment.