Growers are reminded to avoid short gaps between spraying off and drilling, which can leave a green bridge for aphids to survive and spread barley yellow dwarf virus into new crops. Cereal volunteers and some weed species can host grain aphids and bird cherry-oat aphids – both of which... Read more

Growers unable to drill oilseed rape until last month due to the wet summer can rest assured that sowing the crop in September is not necessarily a bad thing. Later drilled oilseed rape can still produce a profitable crop – if it is a phoma-resistant hybrid variety variety with... Read more

A change in the law means farmers must now provide photo identification before they purchase ammonium nitrate fertiliser this autumn. The law change  came into effect on 1 October.  It affects sales of AN fertilisers with a nitrogen content of 16% or more and represents a widening of the Control... Read more

Better blight forecasts are now readily available for potato growers thanks to the new Syngenta MyField app.

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More genetically diverse cereal varieties could help growers tap into a growing niche market – and make their businesses more resilient.

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A winter hybrid rye is performing well for a Norfolk seeking higher gas yields to supply an anaerobic digestor.

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Seed breeder Grainseed says small amounts of new conventional oilseed rape Pi Pinnacle are available for planting this autumn.

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A Lincolnshire grower says winter barley will remain firmly in his rotation after successfully returning to the crop with two-row feed variety Bolton.

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Genetic improvements are bringing better disease resistance to oilseed rape varities – helping to make the crop easier to grow.

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The potential for UK farmers to ramp up homegrown chickpea production is the subject of a new research project led by crop science organisation NIAB.

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