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Frosts have kept the variation in early and later sown crops, which are generally a growth stage apart

Arable

Frosts have kept the variation in early and later sown crops, which are generally a growth stage apart

Disease symptoms are light in backward crops, with yellow rust only bubbling up in some susceptible varieties, according to Bayer’s National Disease Snapshot.

clock 21 April 2021 • 3 min read
View from the rostrum: Auction marts are riding the wave

View from the rostrum: Auction marts are riding the wave

Iain Soutar on the strength of trade.

clock 21 April 2021 • 4 min read

PGRO's top tips for getting the most from combining peas

BASF’s Real Results Virtual Farm recently welcomed PGRO’s Plant Pathologist Dr Lea Herold, who discussed her top tips for making the most of combining peas during a live webinar.

clock 20 April 2021 • 1 min read

March Pulse Check

Over the coming months we’ll be checking in with pulse growers up and down the country. We’ll be finding out why they grow peas and beans, how they get the best from them as well as getting a seasonal update.

clock 20 April 2021 • 1 min read

How to reduce variability in winter bean crops

Covering everything from cultivation to harvest, Dr Becky Howard, PGRO’s R & D manager, revealed much more than her ‘top tips for making the most of winter beans’ at BASF’s latest webinar.

clock 20 April 2021 • 1 min read
In your field: Rachel Coates - 'Cold nights mean the calf jackets haven't been removed just yet'

Farm Life

In your field: Rachel Coates - 'Cold nights mean the calf jackets haven't been removed just yet'

It must seem like In Your Field writers are obsessed by the weather as we always start off with a remark about it. Well, I’m afraid this month I’m following the same pattern.

clock 17 April 2021 • 3 min read
Backbone of Britain: 'The change in the number of women at the top of farming businesses in my lifetime has been tremendous'

Farm Life

Backbone of Britain: 'The change in the number of women at the top of farming businesses in my lifetime has been tremendous'

As Dorothy Fairburn retires from her role as CLA’s director north this spring, she spoke to Clemmie Gleeson about her life and career in the countryside, her Nuffield scholarship on suicide in the farming community and her pl

clock 16 April 2021 • 1 min read
Farming matters: Emma Harper - 'Dog attack laws will be a deterrent'

Livestock

Farming matters: Emma Harper - 'Dog attack laws will be a deterrent'

Emma Harper, SNP MSP, is a dairy farmer’s daughter from Dumfries and Galloway and has been instrumental in toughening up Scottish laws around livestock worrying.

clock 16 April 2021 • 3 min read
Young farmer focus: Matthew Rollason - 'Farming must adapt and overcome, as it always does'

Farm Life

Young farmer focus: Matthew Rollason - 'Farming must adapt and overcome, as it always does'

Matthew Rollason, 24, is from Great Harwood, Lancashire. He works in the agri-food research and development team for Dunbia. He has also established New Dawn Herefords and is an NFU Student and Young Farmer Ambassador.

clock 16 April 2021 • 2 min read
Global ag view: Spotlight on India's growing organic sector

Arable

Global ag view: Spotlight on India's growing organic sector

As the world battled Covid-19, Chhattisgarh, an Indian state, took on a new initiative to promote rural livelihoods along with organic farming.

clock 14 April 2021 • 2 min read