Midland ‘vertical farm’ gets green light from planners
A green-fingered start-up plans to fast-track a raft of indoor ‘vertical farms’ across the UK – which…
Browsing: Crops
Ryegrass blends offer cost-effective bare soils solution
Sowing a high performance ryegrass catch crop this spring could offer a flexible low risk…
Fogging Contractors confirm last date for CIPC application
At a recent meeting of the NAAC Post Harvest Treatment Group, contractors and self-applicators endorsed…
Combining peas top the gross margin table for spring cropping
For growers considering their spring cropping in the context of a difficult autumn followed by a wet spring, combining peas…
Spring cereals switch demands herbicide strategy rethink
Farmers abandoning winter cereals and switching to spring wheat and barley will need to pay…
Three crop rule derogation urgently needed to manage flood impacts
With thousands of farmers across the country battling floods after Storm Dennis and unable to…
Spring tips offered to help hybrid barley growers after tough winter
Be timely with fertiliser applications to hybrid barley this season, breeder Syngenta is urging as…
Spring cropping is your finger on the pulse
The pulse area for harvest 2020 looks set to grow, and to a greater extent…
It’s not all about saving money
Using strip seeding solely to save money is the wrong approach, believes County Durham farmer…
New grain loss measurement system introduced in Europe
A new Grain Loss Measurement System from Schergain is now available in Europe. In a…