Arable News

An autumn application of ICL Polysulphate multi-nutrient fertiliser to supplement conventional spring timings can increase wheat yields by 0.3t/ha and significantly decrease leaching of N and P over the winter months, new independent trials are suggesting.

Woburn Farms has invested in a future-proofed grain processing plant, which allows them to grow a much larger percentage of high-quality crops with the associated premiums.

British Sugar has today (1st November) contacted its 2,300 sugar beet growers with details of its contract offer for the 2024-25 growing season.

Like many rural businesses, Flanesford Priory in Herefordshire recognised the need to diversify and sought innovative ways to expand into tourism. To bring their vision to life, they decided to create a unique attraction – the Maize Maze.

With the British sugar beet campaign well and truly underway, many farmers and haulage companies are now transporting sugar beet to the factories. Keeping farmers and industry workers safe is a key topic right now – here are some important things to consider regarding trailer load safety and security.

Fifth generation arable farmer Tristan Corney began looking at ways to make his 340-acre farm near Peterborough more sustainable, after realising that his conventional farming practices were not generating enough of a return. Adopting a new system allowing him to record data on the go has reaped a number of benefits for the farm…

A Welsh hill farmer has planted 140 tea bushes around her farm in Powys, to see whether this high value crop could generate additional income for the business.

With around 50% of all newly sown leys in the UK now thought to contain clover, growers are being reminded that a key tool for the successful establishment of clover leys is available once more.

The supply of winter bean seed for this autumn’s drilling campaign has been secured after the Agricultural Industries Confederation (AIC) made a successful request for a derogation on behalf of its member businesses in the certified seed sector.

National potato supplier Branston has appointed a new general manager for its pioneering protein extraction facility, in preparation for full scale production and commercialisation of potato protein in early 2024.

Numbers of aphid vectors that transmit barley yellow dwarf virus are significantly higher than this time last year and are building rapidly, increasing the chances of an epidemic of the disease if mild weather continues.

Farmers and growers can continue to buy and use seeds treated with EU-approved pesticides for another 3.5 years under temporary measures introduced by the government.