Arable Farming

Wheat crops are coming under septoria pressure as fungicides run out of steam, growers are being advised.

With fertiliser markets still rocky and gas prices set to further rise, Ian Watson joint managing director of Elite Farmers Trading Company gave visitors to Groundswell his advice on buying for the season ahead.

Following an upward trend in wireworm damage in root vegetable and cereal crops throughout the UK, industry leaders have joined forces to co-fund a Fera-led research and development project to find a solution to the pest.

Farmers using regenerative practices on their arable farms are largely ending up in a similar place financially to those using more conventional practices.

Minimising cultivations, lowering grain drying requirement, reducing synthetic fertiliser inputs and using urease and nitrification inhibitors can reduce a crop’s carbon footprint by up to 41 per cent while sustaining yield.

After a fairly open autumn and winter for most, visitors to the NAAC drainage hub at Cereals were reminded of the importance of maintaining and investing in field drains.

How growers would achieve milling spec amid high nitrogen prices was a topic of conversation at Cereals.

Having transitioned his entire farm to a zero-till system in one year, Kent farmer Tom Sewell offers a glimpse into his current approach to improving soil health. Alice Dyer reports.

As a farmer moving to a no-till system, John Cherry was frustrated by the lack of supporting information available to him in the UK. Hence, in 2016 Groundswell was born.

The amount and intensity of cultivations is responsible for carbon emissions from soil, but why exactly is this? Soil and cultivations expert, Philip Wright explained during a Cereals drainage seminar.