Arable News

At the time of writing, soils are currently very dry with only intermittent rainfall in the long-term forecast. What does this mean in terms of crop nutrition?

Up and down the country winter wheat crops are looking well, full of potential which will need looking after and the focus of growers’ attention is now the T1 spray timing.

Hybrid winter oilseed rape out-performed conventional varieties by more than 0.3 t/ha on farm last season, according to benchmark independent harvest data just published.

Oilseed rape crops continue to be a mixed bag, with some promising crops and some less so.

BBRO can confirm that the emergency authorisation, granted by HSE, for the use of up to two applications of thiacloprid (Biscaya), has now come into force.

ZM-Grow, a new award-winning multi-nutrient fertiliser, has been launched in the UK and Ireland, providing zinc and manganese, together with potassium and sulphur, in liquid form.

Growers that applied their first wheat fungicide early must monitor crops closely and prepare to take a tougher approach

Cereals is returning to Boothby Graffoe, Lincolnshire on June 12th and 13th.

Check the leaf emergence in your wheat crops before deciding your T1 timing.

At a recent BASF meeting at NIAB, three farmers from very different locations discussed their approach to managing their wheat crops.

Relatively dry winter conditions across most of the UK mean farmers could potentially reduce the amount of nitrogen applied to cereals and oilseed rape.

One of Britain’s biggest flour millers is to offer buy-back contracts for the new Group 2 milling wheat, KWS Extase.