Harvest

The average specific weight of UK flour millers’ Group 1 varieties remains at 75.4kg/hl, the lowest since 2012 (70.7kg/hl).

Most harvest results for the main winter wheat AHDB winter wheat Recommended List (RL) trials series are now available, offering a good idea of how varieties performed in 2021.  

In the last of our series, Farmers Guardian talks to two agronomists in the east and southwest to review the 2021 potato season and what lessons can be taken into next year.

Dry rot risk is high in Scotland this year and seed potato growers are being urged to apply tuber treatments as early as possible to prevent disease progression in store.

Dry rot risk is high in Scotland this year and seed potato growers are being urged to apply tuber treatments as early as possible to prevent disease progression in store.?

A project to detect potato diseases and defects before they hit supermarket shelves is being carried out by B-hive Innovations.

WITH British Sugar’s Bury St Edmunds factory opening earlier than usual this year, the 2021/22 sugar beet campaign has kicked off in Suffolk.

The high of a good growing season for sugar beet crops is now being curbed by concerns that the HGV driver shortage will leave factories backed up and growers having to deliver their own beet.

Some long-awaited finer weather in the final week of August allowed harvest progress to ramp up, and as of September 7, 90 per cent of the UK’s winter wheat area had been harvested according to AHDB.

It would appear at the time of writing that British Summertime has called time early, with the past couple of weeks having much more of an autumn vibe.