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Two new Group 2 milling winter wheat varieties are being grown on one Kent farm, with both Mayflower and Palladium looking good ahead of harvest, and Mayflower so far a…
David Hoyles is impressed with the new winter wheat feed variety Dawsum and has increased his area by 50% this season. That's because it produced a good specific weight on…
Mike Wilton is planning fewer fungicide sprays on his winter wheat this season, although by using the latest chemistry he is aiming for good clean crops and to avoid disease…
North Yorkshire grower Richard Murray Wells is switching to grow winter wheat for Britain’s biggest bread brand, Warburtons, with the aim of producing low-carbon milling grain for a well-established market…
Spring beans are an excellent break crop for two Welsh growers who produce high yields with low growing costs, and thankfully with no need for bagged nitrogen fertiliser, which has…
Norfolk grower David Wroth is set to more than double his area of combine peas this spring to help mitigate against soaring bagged nitrogen fertiliser prices, while it will also…
Insecticide-free winter wheat varieties are set to be available for growers to drill in autumn 2023, as one plant breeder has developed the first wheat varieties with resistance to the…
Getting pre-harvest management of OSR crops right is essential for minimising harvest losses, which is not just money down the drain, but creates volunteer problems for years to come. Losses…
Wheat growers need to consider alternative disease control methods to cope with drought-stressed crops in the spring - such as inter-cropping, variety blends and grazing in the early part of…
Disease control in winter wheat is set to be particularly tricky this season as the dry and cold early spring weather, which has held back the spread of disease, moves…
A new oilseed rape variety will be available this summer only as primed seed which is aimed at helping with early establishment and coping with early pest attacks and dry…
Winter wheat growers who match up their choice of varieties and drilling dates to disease-controlling fungicide programmes could trim their spraying costs this spring. Agrochemical costs are being driving higher…
SPP is all about arming producers with the genetics they need for the future and with aphid-borne viruses increasingly difficult to control, KWS Feeris’ tried and tested BYDV tolerance will…
Winter wheat varieties that do not expose farming businesses to any more risk are in demand ahead of this autumn, as growers deal with the combination of market volatility and…
The latest winter barley varieties to join the Recommended List are hard pushed to offer improvements over last year’s additions or provide compelling reasons to change, agrees the seed trade.…
How much do you value consistency of performance in your crops? If you do, then growing variety blends should perhaps be on your radar. Long-term evidence from Denmark (see panel),…
Tweaks to the AHDB Recommended List are helping growers get a better handle on the lodging risk from the different cereal variety options for drilling this autumn. There had been…
Rye is becoming increasingly popular as a crop for anaerobic digestion and picking the right variety can help maximise gas yields from this cereal. Agronomist Craig Green at CMG Agronomy,…
Twelve winter oilseed rape varieties joined the AHDB Recommended List for 2022-23, with a range of types being added as the crop’s fortunes continue to improve. Hybrids, conventionals, specialist Clearfield…
The arrival of two winter oilseed rape varieties with a phoma-resistance gene – known as RlmS – comes as the first indications of a breakdown in the existing Rlm7 resistance are…
Researchers in France have shown that variety blends have the potential to slow the erosion of septoria resistance genes in wheat. There has been an increasing interest in growing variety…
New high efficiency ‘breakthrough’ wheats on the way Will build on features of RL-topping DSV Champion UK programme puts strong emphasis on disease resistance Improved Nitrogen efficiency, greater drought tolerance…
UK oilseed rape growers are already familiar with light leaf spot disease with its characteristic puckered leaves, but they may be underestimating the cost of the disease on stem health.…
AHDB Cereals and Oilseeds is aiming to get on the front foot and attack some of the UK arable industry’s key issues, which are set to be identified in its…
