High numbers of cabbage seed weevil are being observed in some oilseed rape crops across the country.

Farms with heavy clay soils will have found managing ground over the last few months particularly challenging, with many areas going from being flooded and waterlogged, to now rock-hard.

Reducing stress and maintaining green leaf area could be vital not only for yield, but for grain marketability this season, with the potential for a heavily supplied market.

Arable farmers can now keep up to date with the latest news, views, research and advice in the world of crop production from the comfort of their tractor cab.

Three years’ worth of trials across three-five sites in Scotland found that yield responses to GS30/31 applications were unlikely in low risk scenarios.

A Rothamsted PhD student whose research into pest-eating beetles has been badly disrupted by the lockdown is appealing for farmers to help with her project.

Just 0.41 per cent of money invested into environmental monitoring in England is dedicated to soil health, a Freedom of Information request by the Sustainable Soils Alliance (SSA) has revealed.

A study comparing historic and modern wheat varieties grown side by side has shown an increase in dietary fibre and other features beneficial to human health.

It has been eight years since Tim Parton began using biostimulants and since their introduction, yield plateaus have been broken, chemical fungicides have been abolished and disease bills average £40/hectare.

Farming groups have warned against plans to cut the use of synthetic pesticides by 80 per cent by 2030 and to phase out their use completely by 2035.