Crops

With the wet weather continuing, large areas of cereals remain to be harvested, providing a headache for farmers as they watch quality fall away.

With supplies of oilseed rape tight in the UK and Europe this season, imports will play a major role in the market.

Maize is a valued component of dairy and beef rations and maximising its feed value and minimising wastage will contribute to reduced feed costs and improved performance.

With the wheat area for the 2019/20 season falling by an estimated 17 per cent as a result of difficult planting conditions, considerable amounts of overyeared seed remain on farm.

The contract includes a ‘groundbreaking’ Virus Yellows assurance fund and a futures-linked contract pilot

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

During my early-teen growth spurt I had skinny, matchstick legs and gigantic size-12 feet which I could barely control. This made me hopeless at football – this was in the1980s and Peter Crouch had not surfaced yet.

Reduced grass silage yields in the first half of the year are set to make producing good maize silage even more important this season. So how do you achieve the best maize preservation?

Red meat, potato and dairy sales have received a boost from the reopening of takeaways as Brits return to their pre-shutdown eating habits

Malting barley prices were expected to remain under pressure this season, with AHDB figures revealing a 29 per cent drop in demand during June.