Arable Farming

From 16-species mixes and clover understoreys to reduce nitrogen use, to the latest political updates, there was plenty to think about at the AHDB and NFU North West Crops conference. Emma Penny reports.

From 16-species mixes and clover understoreys to reduce nitrogen use, to the latest political updates, there was plenty to think about at the AHDB and NFU North West Crops conference. Emma Penny reports.

As spring drilling gets underway in some areas, a survey of more than 100 growers provides a unique insight into spring barley agronomy.

Moderate to high spend fungicide programmes delivered the highest margins in the 2021 AHDB wheat fungicide margin challenge. Teresa Rush reports.

The National Farmers Union (NFU) has urged the Government not to give Indian sugar access to the UK market, following a row over the country’s illegal subsidies to the sector.

The winding up of AHDB Potatoes following the vote against the continuation of the levy last March, has led to several proposals for new representative bodies in the potato sector to fill the funding gap.

An AHDB PhD student is exploring how root exudates help some cereals to compete with black-grass.

An innovative method of controlling a range of damaging crop diseases using native, beneficial soil bacteria has emerged from a research-industry collaboration.

For the second year, Defra has approved the emergency authorisation (EA) of the neonicotinoid seed treatment, Cruiser SB (thiamethoxam), following an application from British Sugar and NFU Sugar.

More farmers are now exploring the potential of living mulches to improve soil health and reduce the need for bagged fertilisers.