Increased production estimates for Australia and Canadian wheat have eased the global on-paper supply estimates.

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) is to assess a number of emergency authorisations granted by Member States for the use of neonicotinoids in sugar beet in 2020.

With an estimated 95 per cent of winter wheat in the ground (December 2), the ‘explosion’ in spring wheat sales seen last year will not see a repeat and seed for spring wheat will be in good supply.

The wet weather in September which put harvest on pause for some seed crops has led to quality issues and possible seed shortages for the coming season.

Featuring varieties with high yields and strong disease packages, the 2021/22 AHDB Recommended Lists offer new options to growers in all regions. Alice Dyer takes a look at the latest additions.

The five new varieties added to the OSR RL are all hybrids, which now make up 80 per cent of varieties on the list.

‘Test and trace’ has become a well coined phrase during 2020, but it is also a practice that can be applied to improve crop management.

With many cover crops growing well this autumn thanks to good September moisture, management over winter will be important to ensure soils are in the best state for spring crops.

If food production is to reach net zero targets, policy makers need to secure fair returns for farmers by incentivising climate neutral food production.

Oilseed rape plantings have fallen to their lowest level since 1986 at 318,000 hectares, according to AHDB’s Early Bird planting survey.