See how Somerset boutique hotel produces home-grown flour
28th March 2024
The Newt in Somerset, a part of the Newt Estate, which was recently named one of the best boutique hotels in the world, took on a challenge to supply its restaurants with ingredients grown, foraged and reared on the site. The processing of its own heritage wheat will enable home-grown flour to become a valuable additional ingredient.
MAR 2024
The grain market is putting a lot of faith in Mother Nature to perform
15th March 2024
Major wheat exporter stocks are already the lowest they have been for a decade, and the market appears to have very little risk premium factored in for any major weather issues.
Scottish Grain handling demo days are hugely successful and informative
15th March 2024
Earlier this month, Scottish farmers had an opportunity to discuss topics about grain drying, storage and processing with post-harvest equipment experts from McArthur BDC and Sellars Agriculture during demo days.
MAR 2024
Influencing resilient disease control
1st March 2024
Compounding the huge health and growth variation among winter wheat crops this year, recent research by NIAB has shown how leaf layer emergence can vary by 10 days or more within a variety – so accurately timing sprays will not be simple. Speakers at a recent BASF event gave insights into factors which will influence resilient disease control for the winter wheat crop.
MAR 2024
Trials assess benefits of wider seed bands
1st March 2024
A crop establishment trial to find out whether drilling wheat and barley crops in wider, shallower bands results in the plants making better use of the extra space is proving to be an effective strategy. David Williams found out more.
FEB 2024
It’s never too early to be thinking about harvest
29th February 2024
The Ceres Barn-Stormer Grain Pusher offers you an efficient and reliable method for controlling your cereal storage, the company says.
FEB 2024
Test farm-saved seed to mitigate spring barley seed-borne disease risks
25th February 2024
Growers are being urged to test and/or treat farm-saved spring crop seed for diseases such as loose smut and seed-borne net blotch.
New high-yielding variety boosts optimism in UK soft wheat sector
24th February 2024
With just five new varieties recommended for the 2024/25 season, 10 removed and a much-improved layout, the latest Recommended List (RL) for winter wheats has a cleaner, fresher look that should enable growers and agronomists to navigate their way more effectively through a maze of data towards an informed decision.
Milling wheat variety tops quality awards
18th February 2024
Limagrain UK’s benchmark milling wheat variety, Crusoe, has claimed the top three positions in the Yield Enhancement Network (YEN) Milling Wheat Quality awards.
Digital grain passport: Concerns over costs and connectivity
7th February 2024
NFU is generally supportive of the introduction of digital grain passports, but believes the current proposal does not meet the needs of its members – while NFUS says its members are largely unsupportive of the move.
AHDB levy rate increase approved by ministers
7th February 2024
Levy rate increases proposed by the AHDB for the Beef and Lamb, Cereals and Oilseeds, Dairy and Pork sectors have received approval from ministers at Defra and the Devolved Administrations.
Grain co-operative maintains 2023 profitability amid continued market volatility
6th February 2024
Openfield Group Limited has reported its results to 30th June 2023.