Arable

Horticulture growers will be given the chance to vote on the future of the AHDB levy after a lengthy campaign.

In 2014, when it set the target of 100% by the end of 2020, the brewing giant imported all of its barley

Oilseed rape growers and agronomists can now calculate the optimum timing to target cabbage stem flea beetle larvae hatch, with the chance to limit stem infestation.

Harvest finished on September 9 which is not too late but with its stop start nature and slow pace we were all pleased to finally finish.

Industry bodies have a launched a ‘shadow’ Trade and Agriculture Commission, after concerns were raised about the weakness of the official body set up by Government.

Writing this in mid-September after another harvest is complete, I, like many growers, find myself reflecting on the growing year just passed.

Measuring greenhouse gas emissions is nothing new at Jack Buck Farms, Lincolnshire, where the process has been under way for more than 15 years. Angela Calvert reports.

The loss of potato desiccant diquat, sprout suppressant chlorpropham (CIPC) combined with soil damage from last year has meant that some growers are facing added growing costs of £100/hectare in 2020.

Abolishing direct payments completely will force farmers in England to quit the industry, Labour’s Shadow Defra Secretary Luke Pollard has warned.

Harvest finished for us on September 11, three days later than last year, which was not a bad result considering where we were approaching the end of August. It was a very stop start affair this year, as it was for most in our part of the country, and it never really felt like we got going.