Arable

A long-awaited dry spell across much of the country over the last fortnight has meant the spring drilling campaign is well underway, as growers make up for lost time stolen by the wet winter.

Vicon has confirmed the partnership between the Kverneland Group and Italian sprayer manufacturer Mazzotti is to continue.

The thing about being a columnist for a national publication such as Arable Farming is you cannot hide from what you have written in previous months.

As soil begins to dry out and conditions come right, sugar beet drilling has commenced in some parts of the country.

Labour availability, supply chain disruption and volatile prices are the issues uniting farmers around the world as the global industry reacts to coronavirus.

The lockdown of most of the nation’s population will hopefully have the desired effect of slowing down this hellish virus.

It is already transforming the way we farm, but the use of big data in agriculture can aid decision-making, create better business efficiency and uncover hidden truths in your fields. And now it is available all in one place.

Panic buying of products such as bread and potatoes due to coronavirus fears is supporting prices in these sectors.

By the end of February we’d had nearly one metre of rain over the previous twelve months and well over 100 days of recordable rainfall since the intended start of drilling in late September.

Agricultural spray drones could be used as a rapid solution for accurately and automatically disinfecting urban areas contaminated with coronavirus.