Arable

In a bid to beat the Covid-19 lockdown and counter numerous show cancellations, an online agricultural show has been organised which promises fun for all the family.

With much of the country working from home and most industry events cancelled, BASIS has taken the decision to relax its CPD requirements for Professional Register members.

A major recruitment campaign to encourage British people to provide seasonal labour amid the coronavirus outbreak will ‘open up’ opportunities for a future in agriculture, growers have said.

Improved nutrient planning and more effective weed control is helping a Wiltshire dairy farmer improve forage crop production.

Balbirnie Home Farms at Freuchie in Fife has been selected to be the first AHDB strategic cereal farm for arable growers in Scotland.

Cereals has been postponed until June 2021, but will instead deliver this year’s event online.

New varieties of winter wheat offering greater disease resistance may provide a solution to a lack of new chemistry or issues around applying treatment at the right time, given increasingly wet weather such as that experienced this year.

With 40 per cent of food eaten out of the home in the UK, the Government’s decision to close pubs and restaurants will have a major impact on demand.

Maximise energy in your grass and ‘lock-in’ as much as possible when you turn it into silage. New research points the way.

Using the right adjuvants could be key to ensuring herbicide efficacy this year, following the challenging weather for planting crops and applying herbicides.