PGRO announce new 2020 field bean and combining pea Recommended Lists
Stephen Belcher, PGRO principal technical officer, announced the new 2020 PGRO Recommended Lists for combining…
Browsing: Crops
Historic agreement’ brings increased choice for sugar beet growers
Sugar beet breeder KWS and the joint Seed Working Group of British Sugar and NFU…
Nematicide Stewardship Programme wins National Potato Industry Award
The Nematicide Stewardship Programme (NSP) has been recognised with an environmental award at the first…
New research shows Miscanthus stabilises flooded soils
The low input carbon negative crop Miscanthus is hailed a robust diversification option for an…
Wet weather sees big swings in national cropping intentions
Continued wet weather prolonging this autumn’s planting season means UK growers intend to plant 1.65…
Spring crop trials bring a boost to black-grass battle
Spring barley offers a much more competitive option than spring wheat for reducing black-grass numbers…
Lessons from harvest 2019 – yield survey results
Strutt & Parker’s 2019 annual Harvest Yields Survey offers valuable insight into the performance of…
Smooth flowing Allstar makes life easier
Rhizoctonia solani is a pathogen which causes yield sapping stem and stolon cankers and unsightly…
Openfield reaffirms its presence in key global grain market
64,000 tonnes of feed barley produced by farmers from across the South West is currently…
Red Baron onion wins NIAB Centenary Variety Cup
NIAB has awarded its Centenary Variety Cup to the red onion variety Red Baron, naming…