Crop protection

Harvest is all but finished here in North Yorkshire, the last few stragglers of spring barley are to be mopped up while spring beans are just about ready to cut.  In all, yields are what we expected. Need I say any more?

As the maize harvest approaches, Hannah Park takes a look at a major insect pest which could have an impact on UK crops in the future.

Farmers in the Severn Trent region have until September 15 to sign up for the Farm to Tap scheme, which pays out up to £5/hectare for protecting water quality

August 21 marks the day the UK would run out of food if it relied on homegrown produce

The UK Government has said it plans to keep the ban on using neonicotinoids to protect sugar beet, as France granted a three-year derogation to begin in the 2021 campaign.

A new emergency authorisation of a desiccant for linseed seed crops has been secured.

Unsafely stored fertiliser caused a major explosion in Lebanon on Tuesday

Symptoms of what is believed to be stem rust disease were found in untreated plots of winter wheat at four sites at Oak Park Crop Research Centre in Carlow, Ireland last week.

A public consultation into post-Brexit regulation of precision breeding techniques such as gene editing (GE), will take place this autumn Government has announced.

Strange claims about trade deals with other countries increasing UK farmers’ use of insecticides must be taken with a pinch of salt, says Adam Speed, head of communications at the Crop Protection Association (CPA).