Arable

With the prevalence of various blight strains changing year-on-year, Alice Dyer finds out what growers need to know this season.

More than half of the British public see domestic food production as more important now than they did before the coronavirus pandemic, new research has shown.

AHDB has revealed proposals to move to a new model where potato storage research is commissioned rather than completed in-house.

The farming sector must play its part if the UK Government is to meet its pledge to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050. But there are a range of policy and practical challenges to meet along the journey.

High numbers of cabbage seed weevil are being observed in some oilseed rape crops across the country.

Grassland nutrition in the lead up to first cut was in the spotlight during a recent Yara organised webinar. Hannah Park reports.

The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) has confirmed it will offer bridging loans to farmers still waiting for 2019 stewardship payments.

May 2020 Arable Farming Issue