National potato supplier donates one million meals to charity food network
UK potato supplier Branston has hit the one million mark with the number of meals…
Browsing: Crops
Blackcurrant growers are harvesting before dawn, to beat the heat and ensure Ribena’s fruit provisions
With this summer’s scorching weather, British blackcurrant growers have had to set their alarms a…
Bayer receives regulatory authorisation for the use of Caligula in sugar beet crops
Bayer Crop Science’s foliar fungicide Caligula has been authorised by the Chemicals Regulation Division (CRD)…
OSR acreage ‘hangs in the balance’, especially in the South East
Oilseed rape (OSR) growers across England are still awaiting a much needed rainfall, which threatens…
Limagrain biscuit wheat seed yield excels for Lincolnshire farmer
Lincolnshire farmer David Hoyles said he is very pleased with his late-September drilled seed crop…
The Steketee EC-Ridger is making mechanical weed control possible for potatoes and carrots
Agri-machinery manufacturer Lemken has produced the Steketee EC-Ridger, to help farmers keep their ridge crops…
Simple and rapid OSR light leaf spot test to be available from September
The bio-tech company Microgenetics has developed the SwiftDetect light leaf spot disease for oilseed rape…
DormFresh sprout suppressant now approved for stored potatoes in GB
The approval of 1,4SIGHT (1,4-Dimethylnapthalene or DMN) means that growers will now have an option…
Utrisha N Nutrient Efficiency biostimulant approved for organic use
Corteva Agriscience’s nutrient efficiency biostimulant Utrisha N has been granted organic certification following its UK…
Initial pulse reports suggest that winter-sown pulse yields have held up, while domestic demand is rising
Recent BASF reports from across the UK indicate that winter pulse crop yields are much better…