Arable

A new AHDB Strategic Cereal Farm host has been announced for the East, after Brian and Patrick Barker’s six-year tenure as hosts comes to an end.

Every five years, AHDB undertakes a thorough review of how the Recommended Lists are serving growers. Alice Dyer finds out what changes are likely to be made off the back off the latest review.

Pilot trials assessing the feasibility of pasteurising and separating digestate in mobile trailers are due to complete at the end of June

NFU were still working with Defra, the Chemical Regulation Division and the Health and Safety Executive to see if they could find a way through

Sugar beet could yet make a comeback in Scotland more than fifty years after British Sugar closed its factory at Cupar.

A selection of analytical tests designed to improve the efficiency, productivity and sustainability of vertical farming systems have been launched by Eurofins Agro UK.

Growers are being advised to prioritise crucial timings and application conditions of maleic hydrazide to maximise efficiency of the product

A full-time agronomist at Agrovista has won an award for achieving excellence in the 2022 BASIS Certificate in Crop Protection

Microthiol Special has been approved as an Extension of Authorisation for outdoor crops of combining pea, edible podded pea, and vining pea

Ben Boothman is an independent agronomist and member of the Arable Advisor Group and the Association of Independent Crop Consultants (AICC), covering Yorkshire and the North East. He is BASIS, FACTS and BETA qualified and studied for a degree in agriculture and crop management at Harper Adams University.