Arable

Levy payers in the horticulture and potatoes sector were planning to trigger a formal ballot by the end of the week

Assessment of a high number of black-grass seed samples shed this summer and collected from winter cereals has shown that dormancy is high at 24 per cent germination.

The contract includes a ‘groundbreaking’ Virus Yellows assurance fund and a futures-linked contract pilot

August 21 marks the day the UK would run out of food if it relied on homegrown produce

During my early-teen growth spurt I had skinny, matchstick legs and gigantic size-12 feet which I could barely control. This made me hopeless at football – this was in the1980s and Peter Crouch had not surfaced yet.

Red meat, potato and dairy sales have received a boost from the reopening of takeaways as Brits return to their pre-shutdown eating habits

Reduced grass silage yields in the first half of the year are set to make producing good maize silage even more important this season. So how do you achieve the best maize preservation?

The first harvest results for AHDB Recommended List (RL) winter wheat trials have been published. Results include three treated sites, two from Lincolnshire and one from Hampshire.

Malting barley prices were expected to remain under pressure this season, with AHDB figures revealing a 29 per cent drop in demand during June.

Progress in wheat harvesting has been rapid in the last week or so, amid high temperatures, however, yields are very variable depending on soil type.