Crops

Work being undertaken into alternative uses for sugar and sugar beet in the Netherlands to maximise the crop’s potential was the focus of the 2020 NFU Sugar breakout session at the NFU conference.

With grain market uncertainty greater than ever, now may be the time to focus on your marketing strategy.

With many farms having recorded over 50% of their annual average rainfall between September and December 2019, there are many bare acres looking to be sown.

The latest AHDB Early Bird survey has shown a drastic shift in cropping plans since November, as growers face one of the most challenging autumns, winters and now spring on record.

Farming organisations from across the UK have asked for an urgent relaxation of the three crop rule.

With increasing interest in other break crops alongside OSR – enforced by the season and establishment challenges – pulse crops’ prospect are under the spotlight too.

The maximum residue limits (MRLs) for chlorpyrifos-methyl, the soon to be withdrawn active used to treat grain stores, have been reduced to 0.01mg/kg for all grains.

The advent of robots is set to revolutionise how farmers grow crops and could be a game changer for the public’s perception of farming.

Four years on from the aftermath of the Boxing Day floods, Richard Bramley, who farms 200ha at Kelfield, near Selby, North Yorkshire, has once again been watching 20ha of his promising winter wheat crop disappear under water

Making sure maize plants get off to the best possible start is key to reducing damage by birds and ensuring the best results.