Arable Farming

Growers who have paid royalties for farm saved seed but have been unable to sow it, mainly due to adverse autumn weather conditions, can apply to their seed processor for a refund.

An ag-tech start-up looking for crowdfunding for ‘weed zapping’ robots reached its target of £700,000 within just two days of launching the campaign.

January 2020 Arable Farming Issue

There is interest in whether research conducted at Wageningen University and Research using the thale cress plant, which has led to improvements in photosynthesis, could be applied more widely to agricultural crops. 

Crop production in Britain will decrease dramatically if climate change causes the collapse of a vital pattern of ocean currents, new research by the University of Exeter suggests.

Tech companies looking to exploit the agricultural industry are at risk of damaging small farming business, if they only focus on large scale producers.

With the loss of CTL on the horizon, the first azole fungicide to be released in 15 years makes for a timely introduction to the market.

About 20 per cent of UK land could come out of food production with some farmers taking an environmental path and becoming less productive while others focused on driving productivity.

Farm groups have slammed Channel 4 documentary Apocalypse Cow: How Meat Killed the Planet, after presenter and prominent farming critic George Monbiot claimed livestock farming was destroying the planet.

Wet weather conditions in recent months may have led to nitrogen leaching further down the soil profile than usual, reducing availability to some crops, however, the situation can vary widely between farms