Changing establishment systems, wet weather and fewer chemical options are forcing growers to rethink how they tackle increasingly difficult slug problems.

Three years of farmer-led trials have revealed how mapping slug hotspots could allow growers to target control more accurately and potentially cut pellet use by 50%

A recent survey has shown yet another disconnect between supply chain and regen farmers, Ash Ellwood ponders the results

A familiar active to sugar beet growers for decades, ethofumesate is now a similarly cost-effective active for wheat growers

Farmers are being urged to use the extended post-harvest window to assess soil condition and nutrient status before making routine fertiliser applications or undertaking cultivations

Early drilling defied conventional grass-weed wisdom in autumn 2025, but favourable conditions helped deliver surprisingly good control. What lessons can growers take into another potential early-drilling season?

With harvest wrapped up across much of the country, Ash Ellwood ponders what the greatest learning might be from this season

Oxfordshire arable farmer Ben Adams is testing whether relay cropping can squeeze more from the same area of land, with first-year results suggesting there could be something worth pursuing

Sugar beet has come round in the rotation this season in a long-term sustainable farming systems trial on the 9000-hectare Elveden Estate

Full canopy recovery is unlikely for severely stressed sugar beet crops, even after rain, but protecting against late-season diseases should be worthwhile, growers heard at a British Beet Research Organisation BeetField day in Norfolk