Arable Farming

It would appear at the time of writing that British Summertime has called time early, with the past couple of weeks having much more of an autumn vibe.

A project to facilitate more planting of miscanthus has been awarded over £150,000 of funding through the Government’s Biomass Feedstocks Innovation Programme, to help contribute to 2050 net-zero targets. 

Bayer has joined the cross-industry group developing the easyconnect closed transfer system (CTS) in line with CropLife Europe’s commitment to make CTS universally available to European farmers and operators by 2030.

September 2021 Arable Farming Issue

With 2021 oilseed rape yields pegged to sit slightly above the five-year average and prices at all-time highs, the crop has helped to redeem itself this harvest.

Rothamsted Research has been granted permission by Defra to run a series of field trials of wheat that has been genome edited.

It has been a bumper year for wild oats and an integrated approach to control is needed to get on top of the weed for next season.

Farmers in the Midlands have until September 15 to apply for the final Farm to Tap scheme, focused on protecting water from metaldehyde.

A long-term trial into seed-borne disease in cereals has seen bunt and loose smut re-emerge after just two years without seed treatments.

With improved conditions for drilling in autumn 2020 , the Defra provisional arable crop areas for England figures confirm a return to a more balanced picture for harvest 2021.