cereals

After a challenging autumn and start to the winter, we caught up with six agronomists from different UK regions to discuss how crops are looking and what the next steps might be for growers

With consistent amounts of heavy rainfall plaguing autumn drilled cereals, we spoke with three ProCam agronomists to understand the developments through the different regions

Farmers offered new weed grass control following wet winter

The latest edition of the AHDB Recommended Lists (RL) sees shorter variety tables compared with previous years including the first Group 1 wheat addition since 2017 and the first six-row hybrid barley with BYDV tolerance

Experts offer warning to cereal growers amid high number of pests

On farms with grass-weed problems, these can be the most difficult days of the autumn drilling campaign, the days spent waiting to start

Phil Warham has been an agronomist with Agrovista for six years. He gained a degree in Land and Farm Management at Harper Adams and managed farms for several years afterwards. He now advises on combinable crops, cereals, maize and vining peas in Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire and into Leicestershire. Key interests include direct drilling and soil health, as well as making farms profitable. In his spare time he is a keen runner, cyclist and horseman.

The latest winners of the Winter Wheat Challenge have been announced

Farmers are warned to expect a levy increase from next April, to help AHDB grow the services it can offer to farmers during unprecedented economic times