Arable Farming

Wheat containing exotic DNA from wild relatives benefits from up to 50 per cent higher yields in hot weather compared withelite lineslacking these genes, researchers have found.

Wheat containing exotic DNA from wild relatives benefits from up to 50 per cent higher yields in hot weather compared withelite lineslacking these genes, researchers have found.

A new IPM Resource Toolbox has been launched to give farmers simpler to access digital resources that support a move towards using less chemistry.

Liquid fertiliser additives and living mulch trials to create home-grown fertility are being trialled as solutions to the ongoing fertiliser crisis.

Many growers are already looking to combat insecticide use on-farm, but other agricultural inputs could also be having an impact on beneficial insect populations.

Claims that gene editing (GE) could produce food with a higher nutrient density or cope better with adverse weather should be approached with cynicism, visitors to Oxford Real Farming Conference heard.

A packed LAMMA show saw information and advice being shared across the halls. Alice Dyer and Ash Burbidge picked up some arable business tips from exhibitors.

Increasing economic pressures, supply concerns and wider environmental issues are set to amplify farm expenditure, with recent budgets looking quite different to those 12 months ago.

Increasing economic pressures, supply concerns and wider environmental issues are set to amplify farm expenditure, with recent budgets looking quite different to those 12 months ago.

What started as an escape during the Covid lockdown has snowballed into a popular veg box scheme at one Welsh farm.