While there is room for optimism in spring barley markets, growers will need to work more closely with traders, maltsters and brewers to tackle increasing variability in the crop.

Opportunistic crime is turning into organised crime as thieves target farm vehicles and GPS systems for lucrative markets online and overseas.

The cereals and oilseeds market is expected to show ‘great volatility’ according to AHDB’s Change programme and strategy 2021-2026, published this week.

AHDB has secured an emergency authorisation (EA) for the use of as yet unapproved sprout suppressant DMN.

The French government has adopted an amendment that establishes a temporary tax credit of €2,500 to support farmers who decide in 2021 or 2022 that they will no longer use products containing glyphosate.

According to CropTec Show Biocontrol Hub sponsor UPL, farmers are increasingly turning to biocontrols and biostimulants as they seek alternatives to conventional pesticides.

With subsoil compaction difficult to quantify at field-scale, PhD student Joseph Martlew of Cranfield University has been working with NIAB TAG to investigate methods to quantify and alleviate it in arable soils.

The wheat price faces increasing pressure from the imminent, large Australian wheat crop.

Crop health faces huge challenges including climate change, biosecurity, pesticide availability, legislation and pesticide resistance.

Opportunistic crime is turning into organised crime as thieves target farm vehicles and GPS systems for lucrative markets online and overseas.