Arable

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.

Scotland’s 2021 harvest campaign has to date been one of the easier and earlier ones.

A project to facilitate more planting of miscanthus has been awarded over £150,000 of funding through the Government’s Biomass Feedstocks Innovation Programme, to help contribute to 2050 net-zero targets. 

Bayer has joined the cross-industry group developing the easyconnect closed transfer system (CTS) in line with CropLife Europe’s commitment to make CTS universally available to European farmers and operators by 2030.

Graeme Skinner, independent potato agronomist and director of Provenance Potatoes, said it had been one of the most difficult seasons he could remember

Romania and Ukraine will be major players on the international stage, as both countries report decent quality and better than average yields.

With 2021 oilseed rape yields pegged to sit slightly above the five-year average and prices at all-time highs, the crop has helped to redeem itself this harvest.

Rothamsted Research has been granted permission by Defra to run a series of field trials of wheat that has been genome edited.

September 2021 Arable Farming Issue

It has been a bumper year for wild oats and an integrated approach to control is needed to get on top of the weed for next season.