Arable Farming

In the second of our Great Cultivation Debate series, Mike Abram explores how cover crops change a rotation’s cultivations.

Bayer has announced the European launch of its global Carbon Initiative. Five farmers from the UK and more than 20 others from across Europe will be working with Bayer to investigate how to decarbonise the food value chain.

The fifth Groundswell event was the biggest yet, welcoming farmers to cultivate new ideas and dig the dirt on regenerative farming techniques. Alice Dyer and Chloe Palmer went along.

The fifth Groundswell event was the biggest yet, welcoming farmers to cultivate new ideas and dig the dirt on regenerative farming techniques. Alice Dyer and Chloe Palmer went along.

The majority of oilseed rape-growing counties across the UK recorded positive results for light leaf spot disease in leaf samples sent to Bayer’s SpotCheck service from October 2020 to March 2021.

With potato crops making up for a slow start to the season, Farmers Guardian catches up with agronomists in the East and the South West for the latest agronomy advice.

Stewardship guidelines aimed at protecting workers hand-pulling bolters and weed beet from sugar beet crops were introduced by Bayer in 2018 with the intention of promoting product stewardship and operator safety.

Hutton Criteria disease warnings have been declared in key potato-growing areas.

Italian ryegrass is arguably more difficult to control than black-grass, being less responsive to cultural controls, but a new herbicide is helping to get on top of the weed.

When describing integrated pest management (IPM) techniques, recording when you do not take action, such as not applying a chemical, could be just as important as noting when you do.