Arable

The news Oatly UK were planning to open a UK factory could open up new opportunities for arable farmers

With oilseed rape about to enter its critical flowering period, AHDB has announced it will run its sclerotinia infection risk alerts service again this season to help growers better target sprays.

With the news that sugar beet growers will not have the option of Cruiser SB (thiamethoxam) this season, BBRO outlines what’s available in terms of aphid control.

South American weather and its potential impact on corn production from Argentina and Brazil remains a key market factor in the near term. 

Two new farmers have joined AHDB’s Strategic Cereal Farm network in an expansion of the Farm Excellence programme to both the South and North of England.

The factory was expected to open in the first quarter of 2023

Use of vertical farming technology has become more widespread in recent years, but how can it complement conventional farming systems? Alex Black and Rob Yorke report.

An international consortium of academic and commercial seed companies from the USA, Canada, Europe and Israel have mapped the entire set of genes which make up canola (oilseed rape).

Spring barley is expected to return to a more normal area of 700,000 hectares in 2021 compared with more than one million hectares planted last year.

Much needed spring sunshine and some good drying days have allowed growers to get their spring drilling campaigns underway.