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LIFFE’s March 23 contract slipped well below £200/t for the first time since early February last year, before the events in Ukraine began

Trials by ADAS show that sulphur-based fungicides can boost and protect new chemistry, is effective against mildew and can be mixed with other products used to combat yellow rust.

The first fertiliser applications were applied to the 2023 ADAS Nutrition Challenge sites last week, starting the race to be crowned the winner of the best spring fertiliser management strategy.

A farm in Lincolnshire was today besieged by police officers after a body was spotted in a field by a train passenger.

Minimising food miles and tapping into increasing demand for oat ingredients in the food and drink industry were the key targets for the new Navara Oat Milling plant, with plans for the first oats to be processed there this summer.

Ambitious renewable energy targets will require a large amount of agricultural land across Scotland and the rest of the UK, with the impact not well-understood.

As grain prices trade at their weakest since the start of the Ukraine war, Cedric Porter takes a look at the factors impacting the market.

Fertiliser prices continue to fall and are now at pre-Ukraine war levels. It could mean that crop yields and production is boosted globally, putting further pressure on prices.

Research has highlighted the immediate priority for growers is to target grass-weeds already in the crop now, rather than waiting for more to emerge later in the spring.