Arable

Get training from outside of your employer to reach your career goals, say farmers who proactively sought to improve their skills and career development. Jez Fredenburgh reports.

It appears stores held ‘significantly less grain than expected’ after the grain merchant’s collapse

June 2021 Arable Farming Issue

June will be a key month for the British potato crop. Across the country, development is late, but warm weather could transform the crop which now has plenty of access to water.

Growers and businesses have formed the Association of Independent Oat Milk Producers in Scotland

May 2021 Arable Farming Issue

A new study by the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT) has found that a simple field-based monitoring system run by farmers, could help reduce the use of insecticide spraying to tackle BYDV.

A monitor fixed to a crop sprayer prevented the driver from seeing an oncoming cyclist, an inquest heard.

The Government was right to make provision for a temporary and limited derogation for the use of the neonicotinoid seed treatment Cruiser SB on sugar beet for the 2021 season, although the colder conditions of recent months mean it will not be required this year.

Pulse growers are being advised to familiarise themselves with the symptoms, risk factors and management options for key diseases in peas and beans this season.