Education and training at the forefront of Cereals 2018
The nature of farming is changing. Farmers are under increasing pressure to produce more with…
Browsing: Crops
Take-all tackled by AHDB-funded studentship
Much more is now known about the fungus behind the soil-borne disease ‘take-all’, including fungal…
Forward OSR crops will need careful management
Oilseed rape crops across the UK are generally leafier than usual and many will require…
Committee chair calls for govt to reverse brexit chemical plans
The chair of the House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee has called on the government…
Macron backtracks on glyphosate
President Emmanuel Macron said that France will exempt farmers from a glyphosate ban if there…
First report in decades of a forgotten crop pathogen
Scientists, breeders, farmers and conservation groups must continue to work in close collaboration to prepare…
Sweet route to greater yields
A promising technique that makes maize more productive even in droughts has now been unpicked…
What can conventional farmers learn from the organic sector?
In farming, the conventional and organic world might not seem the easiest bedfellows, but they…
Strong yields for GB potato seed sent to Kenya for trials
GB potato seed sent out to Kenya has performed strongly on three Kenyan trial sites.…
New rules for food safety look set to surprise all
Despite the warnings and the efforts of food manufacturers to minimise the accumulation of acrylamide…