Arable

Getting oilseed rape crops in early can ensure it is better placed to resist cabbage stem flea beetle attack. Farmers Guardian summarises the latest advice from a new guide.

With slug pellet applications imminent, the agricultural industry is being reminded that metaldehyde stewardship guidelines apply this autumn.

With oilseed rape continuing to prove a valuable break crop, we hear how variety choice can transform how growers approach their OSR management. Mollie Leach reports.

With harvest now underway around the country, Cedric Porter takes a look at the market for barley this season

After recruiting and training your staff, you want to keep hold of them, but how? Jez Fredenburgh speaks to farm employers and employees about how to boost retention.

In the last of our series on cultivations, Mike Abram looks at how they can be used to improve control of grass-weed species.

Storm damage has led to winter barley and oilseed rape being flattened in some areas including Somerset and parts of East Anglia.

The first AHDB Recommended List (RL) harvest results – from three winter barley trial sites in Dorset, Lincolnshire and the Scottish Borders have been published.

A group of growers has called on Defra to support an Australian and New Zealand inspired research agency which would see the continuation of a ‘small’ statutory levy and a larger voluntary investment levy

August 2021 Arable Farming Issue