Crops

The lockdown of most of the nation’s population will hopefully have the desired effect of slowing down this hellish virus.

Panic buying of products such as bread and potatoes due to coronavirus fears is supporting prices in these sectors.

CRD has announced that fungicide pencycuron, used to control black scurf in potatoes, cannot be applied for any purpose with immediate effect, according to Bayer, which markets pencycuron-containing Monceren.

A major recruitment campaign to encourage British people to provide seasonal labour amid the coronavirus outbreak will ‘open up’ opportunities for a future in agriculture, growers have said.

With 40 per cent of food eaten out of the home in the UK, the Government’s decision to close pubs and restaurants will have a major impact on demand.

Maximise energy in your grass and ‘lock-in’ as much as possible when you turn it into silage. New research points the way.

Balbirnie Home Farms at Freuchie in Fife has been selected to be the first AHDB strategic cereal farm for arable growers in Scotland.

AHDB has published guidance to ensure that combinable crop collections from farms and their delivery to a UK port, store or final use destination are maintained through the current coronavirus situation

Growers have launched a large-scale recruitment campaign to encourage British people to provide seasonal labour to harvest crops, due to a severe lack of local workers amid the coronavirus outbreak.

The Government has committed extra research and development spending, while farmers are being urged to explore the tax benefits of bringing more innovation to their businesses.