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Despite further pressure having been added to wheat markets with higher US end of season wheat stocks reported in the October USDA update, plus further Black Sea grain coming to the market, the latest AHDB market update (13th October) shows a slight improvement in grain prices. This comes after the USDA cut its forecast for US maize and soybean production. …
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Cereal growers must be extra vigilant to protect newly sown cereal crops from very high numbers of slugs this autumn. Populations have increased significantly after a wet summer and for many, continued moist conditions throughout September, a stark contrast to the past two years...
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A new project by the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT) is trying to find out if larger numbers of lapwing chicks can survive on farmland fallow plots if provided with more space to hide from predators and increased levels of invertebrates to feed on. Researchers will be visiting sites on farms across Dorset, Hampshire, Wiltshire and Berkshire that implement …
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A new study has shown that whether or not black-grass will be herbicide resistant depends on more than just what is on its chromosomes. In collaboration with scientists at Clemson University (USA), Rothamsted researchers have found that black-grass has small loops of DNA outside the plant’s chromosomes. These loops, called extra-chromosomal circular DNA (eccDNA), are not inherited in the same …
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Resilience is the subject of the first AHDB monitor farm events of the season. The first at the Wisbech site on Thursday 2nd November will be hosted by Andrew and Sam Melton, they will be joined by Gary Markham, Director of Farms & Estates at Rural Tax Accountants, Land Family Business. On the agenda is the need to understand your …
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After completing a final dissertation in 2019 on the feasibility of growing hemp as a break crop, Hugh Wrangham and business partner, Alistair McLeod, realised that on paper, hemp ticked all the boxes. After obtaining the necessary licences they established Hemp North, the first hemp crop being sown in 2021. The North Northumberland 600 ha farm grows predominantly winter cereals, …
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The October 2023 issue is now available online In this issue, SFI applications are now open, but the NFU is calling for DEFRA to delay the cuts in Basic Payments until issues are resolved. BOFIN’s Tom Allen Stevens says that it’s time for growers to take a lead in agri-research…
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