With many farms having recorded over 50% of their annual average rainfall between September and December 2019, there are many bare acres looking to be sown.

One population of great brome, meadow brome and three populations of sterile brome have been shown to be resistant to ALS-inhibiting herbicides (mesosulfuron+ iodosulfuron and pyroxsulam) in the UK.

The maximum residue limits (MRLs) for chlorpyrifos-methyl, the soon to be withdrawn active used to treat grain stores, have been reduced to 0.01mg/kg for all grains.

NFU environment policy adviser Philippa Arnold says the result of the changes is that some farms could be moved over to bespoke permits if they do not meet new criteria for standard rules permits (SRPs).

Four years on from the aftermath of the Boxing Day floods, Richard Bramley, who farms 200ha at Kelfield, near Selby, North Yorkshire, has once again been watching 20ha of his promising winter wheat crop disappear under water

What to watch: Our old crop price level destiny, for now, is largely wrapped-up in the French/Russian export battle.

Almost 50 years on from the closure of the Scottish sugar beet factory in Cupar, a Rural Innovation Support Service group is aiming to look into the feasibility and steps required to re-establish the crop in eastern Scotland.

Not always a popular cropping option, spring oilseed rape could come into its own this year with firm prices among other factors in its favour, delegates at a United Oilseeds/AHDB Agronomy Seminar heard.

Reliance on countries such as Ukraine which are still allowed to use neonicotinoids to supply UK demand for oilseed rape (OSR) is growing, as UK production of the crop declines.

Amid short supplies and high prices for spring bean seed, following a season when many winter crops have not been sown or have failed to establish, some growers are asking how late winter beans can be sown.