With many oilseed rape crops forward and looking well, some form of PGR is likely to be appropriate this season, growers are being advised some form of PGR is likely to be appropriate this season, growers are being advised.

Combined global wheat and corn crop is still bigger than last year.

NFU has published a harvest survey of 283 farmers showing that wheat yields and winter barley yields were down 18 per cent from 2019, spring barley yields down six per cent and oilseed rape yields down 15 per cent.

The EU Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed (SCoPAFF) has voted not to renew approval for active substance, mancozeb, a fungicide widely used in control of potato late blight and alternaria.

From January 1, 2021, a new independent pesticides regulatory regime will operate in Great Britain (GB). GB will take responsibility for its own decisions using its own rules, according to pesticide regulator HSE.

A pioneering project to help identify and capture key genetic data that can be used by wheat breeders to speed up the development of more resilient varieties has been launched by RAGT Seeds.

Progress with drilling is variable across the country, tending to be more complete the further north you go. However, wet conditions in some areas are raising concerns over a second consecutive autumn of delayed drilling.

Spring barley production is estimated to have increased from 4.5mt (2019) to an estimated 6.3mt in 2020, however, quality issues may leave malting markets, tight.

AHDB’s light leaf spot preliminary forecast shows that the disease risk to winter oilseed rape (OSR) ranks among the lowest recorded in recent years.

The Lower House of the French parliament has voted for an emergency authorisation for use of neonics in beet seed coating.