Arable news around the UK
The Government has rejected an application for emergency authorisation to use two products containing neonicotinoids to treat sugar beet seed next yea...
The Government has approved the sale of the insecticide Sequoia following a request from Dow AgroSciences. The pest control product will only be al...
Producer organisations will continue to be funded until the end of the current parliament, regardless of the outcome of negotiations with the EU. D...
This year is one of the lowest-risk years for wheat bulb fly since monitoring began, according to the final results from a survey of the pest. Cond...
This summer's drought has led to a significant drop of total EU cereal production, estimated at 8% below the last five-year average. EU total cerea...
Farmers have been told to consider a range of strategies when considering alternative solutions to using the herbicide Diquat if it becomes banned. ...
Adding wildflowers to arable field margins could provide a larder of insects for Europe’s declining barn swallow population, a new study has found. ...
The release of the NFU’s annual harvest survey shows mixed results across the arable sector, leading to calls for better volatility management from Go...
Water restrictions will be likely in spring 2019 if winter rainfall is below average, as more than 300 dry-weather environmental incidents were record...
A West Midlands farmer was in Brussels this week to take his message about safe use of pesticides directly to lawmakers in the European Parliament. ...
An unlikely new weapon in farming’s battle with the multi-million pound slug menace has been revealed – Swiss-style muesli. Crop experts at Scotlan...
New EU proposals may be granted to help farmers provide sufficient feed to their animals amid a Europe-wide drought. The European Commission packag...
As scientists report that the unseasonably hot weather that has seen the UK bask in the hottest summer for 40 years could last until 2022, one wheat b...
"Game-changing opportunities" for new agri-systems are expected following the launch of the world's most technically advanced vertical farm, in Scotla...
The acreage of English winter barley was down more than six per cent this year, according to government statistics. Provisional arable crop figures...
A group of more than 200 scientists from 20 different countries have sequenced the wheat genome in a bid to meet future food demands. The Internati...
A delegation of Chinese cereal buyers have visited the UK to explore new opportunities for importing British wheat and barley into China. The four-...
Early indications from this year’s harvest suggest farmers fortunes have varied dramatically across the East Midlands, after the last remaining wheat ...
Plans have been announced to invest up to £60,000 to improve understanding of a major crop disease in cereals. The announcement follows the decisio...
An environmental charity has urged British farmers to think about how the industry will manage without glyphosate following a landmark US court case. ...
An innovative set of trials has helped farmers test the accuracy of nitrogen management in their winter wheat crops. Wheat yields differed both bet...
A revolutionary cereals fungicide has moved a step closer to the UK market with the news that Inatreq active has received EU annex 1 approval. Cort...
The impact of the summer heatwave on livestock and growers will be felt “for months to come”. According to a leading agronomist from the Royal Agri...
Two new research projects on nitrogen and sulphur management in oats and wheat have been bolstered by a half a million pound co-investment from indust...
The current "carrot crisis" exacerbated by adverse weather conditions is likely to continue for months, according to growers. British carrot grower...
