Crops

Milling wheat is in short supply leading to increasing premiums, but can the bull market last?

Brewing business Heineken UK is launching a farm trial to explore how one of the main ingredients of beer, barley, can be grown in a more sustainable way to help reduce CO2 emissions.

Romania and Ukraine will be major players on the international stage, as both countries report decent quality and better than average yields.

With 2021 oilseed rape yields pegged to sit slightly above the five-year average and prices at all-time highs, the crop has helped to redeem itself this harvest.

With some good-looking forage maize crops this season, there is a strong argument for preserving that potential. What can be done to guard against the multiple threats in the clamp?

With improved conditions for drilling in autumn 2020 , the Defra provisional arable crop areas for England figures confirm a return to a more balanced picture for harvest 2021.

This year’s Potatoes in Practice was the first major industry event since levy payers voted against supporting AHDB Potatoes.

The first RL winter oilseed rape yield results – from nine trials: Hampshire, Wiltshire, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire, Herefordshire, North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire and Midlothian – were published today.

The NFU has said the publication by the Environment Agency (EA) of a regulatory position statement (RPS) on spreading organic manures is a missed opportunity.

Catchy weather has interfered with harvest progress with the danger that when the weather improves, there will be many crops ready to harvest at the same time.