Crops

New crop wheat prices have hit new contract highs as further global uncertainty strikes with India announcing a wheat export ban

Tight carryover stocks mean there is a bullish outlook for global and domestic markets as traders look ahead to the new crop

Delays to the crop variety National Listing process as a result of Brexit could be putting British farmers at a disadvantage, say members of the seed industry.

With disruption to the 2022 Ukrainian harvest now a certainty, Cedric Porter takes a look at how fears of a global grain shortage are driving global cereal markets

Good silage will be key to making the most of good milk prices in the face of high fertiliser and feed costs.

According to Defra, 65 per cent of land used for growing potatoes is infested with the most significant potato pest in the UK, potato cyst nematode (PCN).

Over the last 50 years, major breakdowns in yellow rust resistance have occurred relatively frequently in cycles of about five to 10 years. And when new pathogen variants arrive, they can spread rapidly in just a few seasons.

Noticeably higher levels of light leaf spot in oilseed rape varieties with less than ideal levels of resistance mean they will require particularly robust treatment this spring, especially if they were sown relatively early,

Record wheat prices and sky-high input costs are not tempting growers to change their spring planting plans last minute, according to seed companies.

Variety blends are increasing in popularity again after many farmers dabbled with the idea in the 1980s.