Arable Farming

Suffolk farmer, Tom Jewers is to host one of three new demonstration farms announced by agronomy business, Hutchinsons as part of its Helix farm-based research project.

Farmers in Scotland are analysing grain nutrient levels as another measurement to maximise their yields. 

The International Wheat Yield Partnership (IWYP) has launched its European Winter Wheat Hub which aims to accelerate research discoveries from the UK and globally into commercial plant breeding.

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.

With new single site chemistry en route to market, the industry needs to be mindful of product stewardship, Jonathan Blake told the BCPC Review audience.

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.

With rotations being turned on their head following the hit and miss 2019/20 drilling campaign, some crops may now be at greater risk of the soilborne disease, take-all.