Neonicotinoids

Neonicotinoids were a key point of discussion at the NFU Conference, following the high number of imports from countries that still use the chemical.

Not always a popular cropping option, spring oilseed rape could come into its own this year with firm prices among other factors in its favour, delegates at a United Oilseeds/AHDB Agronomy Seminar heard.

The UK is set to lose at least one oilseed rape crusher if the planting area drops this autumn, according to NFU combinable crops board chair Tom Bradshaw.

Syngenta’s first hybrid wheat variety could be available to French growers as soon as 2022, as part of the company’s ‘sustainable future for wheat’ plan.