The important role that micronutrients play in nitrogen use efficiency has been highlighted by a grain ‘post-mortem’ that enables growers to identify areas for future improvement in their crop nutrition programmes.

A key take home message at the Rootstock conference in Exeter was to change the way growers think about soils

Sencrop is expecting that new research and collaboration opportunities will benefit British farmers as it opens its first UK office at NIAB’s Barn4 AgriTech Incubator in Cambridge.

As spring barley drilling gets underway in some areas, Limagrain UK’s arable technical manager, Ron Granger, outlines six ways to get the most from the crop this season.

A new database of 19 insect genomes encompassing some of the most damaging pests of crops worldwide has been made publicly available.

With increasing requirements of the need to use water more efficiency, the Environmental Agency and Defra are enforcing important changes to ensure that abstraction is sustainable.

Farmers were advised to remain vigilant as a once localised, coastal pest is travelling further afield into the UK causing foliage and root damage to sugar beet.

The fava bean could make a comeback in farmer’s fields and shopping baskets, as Tesco and its suppliers trial the use of the crop across a host of different product ranges and ingredients.

Welsh farms have significantly increased farmland bird populations since growing seed-bearing cover crops and providing supplementary seed feeding stations.

Farmers who want to adopt more sustainable and environmentally friendly farming methods could face lower short-term margins, but the long-term benefits could outweigh the losses, according to the results of a trial in Scotland.