Arable

Reports from the east of England suggest barley yellow dwarf virus (BYDV) is widespread in cereals and an agronomist advises growers to increase plant nutrition to help control symptoms.

Red Tractor has vowed to strongly defend every aspect of its promotional activities, after a campaign group accused it of greenwashing agricultural pollution on an industrial scale.

Fertiliser prices have declined across the board since the turn of the year, with changes in the supply and demand balance and a fall in gas prices.

Potato growers are facing a different proposition when it comes to weed control this spring compared to 2022 following delayed planting of much of the UK’s maincrop.

Natural England (NE) cannot be allowed to be ‘judge, jury and executioner’ on the future of grazing on Dartmoor, with farmers highlighting the huge knock-on effect of destocking plans on rural businesses and local

Mancozeb, the multisite potato blight fungicide, will continue to be available this spring as a valuable tool to help control disease and preserve the effectiveness of existing chemistry.

Potato giant, PepsiCo has been trialling CCm Growth for the last three years and for the first time this season the company is rolling out trials commercially.

The horticulture sector has been delivered another blow after it emerged a second seasonal worker provider has been removed from the Home Office register.

A new purpose-built farming and rural skills training centre is taking shape on the Dumfries House estate, headquarters of The Prince’s Foundation in Ayrshire.

MPs are set to debate controversial plans to significantly limit grazing on Dartmoor, following claims Natural England is attempting to rewild the iconic landscape ’by the backdoor’.