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BLACKGRASS

Farm trial shows best blackgrass strategy with new herbicide

The arrival of a new mode-of-action residual herbicide has seen major changes to one farming company’s pre-emergence programme on winter wheat, after trialling different combinations. Velcourt has spent the past…

SUGAR BEET

No 2024 beet crop price agreed, NFU Sugar insists

NFU Sugar has written to its beet-growing members, assuring them that it has not struck any price deal with British Sugar for the 2024 crop, and that negotiations are continuing.…

POTATOES

Should you use DMN in potato stores this season?

Processing potato growers had a positive experience with a new potato sprout suppressant last year, with the product achieving good sprout control in very challenging circumstances. However, pre-pack growers are…

FARMER FOCUS

Farmer Focus: Hoping for a lodge-free lentil harvest

Harvest 2023 is now finished all bar 10ha of lentils, which look like they will be ready at the end of the month. Like last year, they were grown as…

ARABLE

Grower moves to direct-drilled OSR and companion crops

Dorset grower Andrew Fry is growing oilseed rape for the first time and is hoping for a good yield from his new break crop. There is also £100/ha of government…

FARMER FOCUS

Farmer Focus: Confusing harvest and most blackgrass for years

Well after a short Indian summer, autumn is well and truly with us, depositing several inches of rain in the past week. Granted the first inch was welcome as seed-beds…

PULSES

Organic grower tackles weeds with cereal/legume intercrop mix

Passionate about organic systems, Polly Davies runs an organic mixed farm in South Wales, basing her arable rotation on fertility-building leys of ryegrass and clover. She believes farmers have become…

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ARABLE

FSA unveils streamlined approach to gene-edited crops

Plant breeders have welcomed proposals by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) for a new streamlined, science-led approach to regulating gene-edited crops in England. An FSA board meeting on Wednesday 20…

ARABLE

Defra ministers offer commitment on parallel imports

Defra ministers have given firm commitments they will address industry concerns over the potential loss of parallel imports and seed treatments. The NFU has received a letter from farming minister…

ARABLE

Glyphosate ‘critical’ for regenerative farming, says Coffey

Defra remains committed to keeping glyphosate available for farmers and growers to use, environment secretary Therese Coffey has said. Ms Coffey was roundly applauded at the NFU’s Back British Farming…

HARVEST

Harvest 2023: Heatwave brings down moisture levels

Harvest 2023 is coming to an end throughout the country as spring barley is cut in the North, with this week's heatwave keeping moisture contents below the drying threshold. Morayshire…

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BLACKGRASS

Farm trial shows best blackgrass strategy with new herbicide

The arrival of a new mode-of-action residual herbicide has seen major changes to one farming company’s pre-emergence programme on winter wheat, after trialling different combinations. Velcourt has spent the past…

POTATOES

Should you use DMN in potato stores this season?

Processing potato growers had a positive experience with a new potato sprout suppressant last year, with the product achieving good sprout control in very challenging circumstances. However, pre-pack growers are…

ARABLE

Grower moves to direct-drilled OSR and companion crops

Dorset grower Andrew Fry is growing oilseed rape for the first time and is hoping for a good yield from his new break crop. There is also £100/ha of government…

PULSES

Organic grower tackles weeds with cereal/legume intercrop mix

Passionate about organic systems, Polly Davies runs an organic mixed farm in South Wales, basing her arable rotation on fertility-building leys of ryegrass and clover. She believes farmers have become…

MAIZE

Maize Watch: Drill straight after harvest to protect soil

Growers are advised to drill or cultivate maize fields immediately following harvest, before rain creates sticky conditions. Pulling a tine through to the depth of any compaction from the trailers…

WHEAT

Durham grower turns to 'regen' wheat variety

Durham grower Philip Vickers has turned to a relatively new feed wheat variety to help build a more sustainable regenerative cropping system involving direct-drilling and reduced synthetic crop inputs. Philip,…

VARIETY SELECTION

Wheat blends prove simple way to boost average yields

Growing a mix of different wheat varieties, known as a “blend”, rather than planting a single variety has proven to increase average wheat yields by nearly 0.5t/ha, reveals independent farm trial data.…

CROP MANAGEMENT

SFI 2023: The support options for arable growers

Arable growers are being encouraged to enter the new 2023 Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) for England as it is simpler and more flexible than previous financial support packages. The new…

WHEAT

No-insecticide wheat yields over 10t/ha for Norfolk grower

Norfolk grower Will More is planning a second season of drilling a virus-resistant wheat variety with environmental and financial benefits, while also producing a good yield at harvest 2023. Using…

SOILS

Can climate change champion biochar match its potential?

Soil improver, waste recycler and atmospheric carbon capturer – there’s a lot of excitement about the potential benefits of biochar. Equally, there are a lot of unknowns about whether that…

MARKET OPPORTUNITIES

Wildflower seed diversification gives arable tenants security

Diversifying a traditional arable rotation with a wildflower seed business has helped secure a viable future for one tenant farming family, who faced losing their farm to building developments. In…

MAIZE

Maize Watch: Crops perform well despite challenging weather

Maize has done well in this year’s challenging weather conditions, utilising summer rain for excellent plant growth, reports Neil Groom, manager of forage specialists Grainseed. “Spring was wet and maize…

BLACKGRASS

Tips on tackling brome caused by blackgrass measures

Brome problems arising from blackgrass measures can easily be tackled, providing that farmers know which species they are dealing with.   Both meadow and soft bromes have been an unwanted…

WEED MANAGEMENT

Can blackgrass cultural measures also tackle ryegrass?

Early findings suggest that cultural measures for managing blackgrass are also effective against ryegrass. Agrii has just started the fourth season of a trial on a North Yorkshire farm near…

PEST MANAGEMENT

How to introduce SFI 2023's no insecticide option

After another delay, applications for the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) 2023 are due to finally open in mid-September, with the new no use of insecticide action being one of the…

HARVEST

How did harvest go for our Arable Insights farmers?

It’s been a difficult stop-start harvest across the country, but how have our regular featured Arable Insights farmer panel fared? See also: Harvest 2023: The 5 top-yielding spring barley varieties…

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FARMER FOCUS

Farmer Focus: Hoping for a lodge-free lentil harvest

Harvest 2023 is now finished all bar 10ha of lentils, which look like they will be ready at the end of the month. Like last year, they were grown as…

FARMER FOCUS

Farmer Focus: Confusing harvest and most blackgrass for years

Well after a short Indian summer, autumn is well and truly with us, depositing several inches of rain in the past week. Granted the first inch was welcome as seed-beds…

FARMER FOCUS

Farmer Focus: Machinery purchases landing on our doorstep

We are just under half way through drilling winter cereals, but unfortunately Mother Nature has turned the taps on and we have been stopped for a week after a significant…

FARMER FOCUS

Farmer Focus: July and August rain sees bumper pumpkin crop

With combing wrapped up, there is just one crop left to harvest – pumpkins. So, we are relying once again on some drier weather in October to get this under…

Harvest 2023 results

Harvest 2023: The 5 top-yielding winter wheat varieties map

Harvest 2023: The 5 top-yielding winter barley varieties map

Harvest 2023: The 5 top-yielding winter OSR varieties map

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CROPS MARKETS AND PRICES

Frustrated oilseeds markets struggle to make gains

A well-supplied global oilseeds market is limiting potential price gains, with a large availability of product from the Black Sea region and further pressure coming from soya bean harvests in…

CROPS MARKETS AND PRICES

Scots Quality Crops to streamline on-farm audit process

Cereals assurance body Scottish Quality Crops is establishing a new rolling certification model as part of its auditing process from 1 October. The current annual scheme is being replaced with…

CROPS MARKETS AND PRICES

Poland, Hungary and Slovakia extend ban on Ukrainian grain

Restrictions on certain key agricultural imports from Ukraine will remain in place in Poland, Hungary and Slovakia, despite the EU Commission confirming on 15 September that these restrictions had been…

CROPS MARKETS AND PRICES

Wheat prices strengthened by lower global production

Tighter global supplies of grain have added some short-term support to wheat prices this week. Production estimates have been lowered for 2023-24 in Australia, Canada, Argentina and the EU in…

NEWS

NFU and British Sugar beet price talks hit a deadlock

The NFU and British Sugar are at loggerheads over the processor’s beet pricing offer for the 2024-25 crop, amid reports it is lower than this year’s price of £40/t. NFU…

CROPS MARKETS AND PRICES

Oilseed markets push back towards ￡380/t

UK rapeseed markets remain buoyant and responsive to wider global oilseed trends such as less favourable crop conditions in the US. However, industry reports suggest a slightly more bearish outlook…

BUSINESS

Inglis' farmer creditors receive less than 2p in the pound

Farmers and other unsecured creditors have been paid just 1.82p for every £1 they are owed by failed grain merchant Alexander Inglis & Son. The company went into administration in…

CROPS MARKETS AND PRICES

Barley-wheat price gap narrows to less than ￡17/t

Tighter global supplies of barley are helping to support markets and reduce its discount to wheat. Spot prices collected by Farmers Weekly on 23 August put feed barley at £152.40/t,…

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Each set of prices comes from a single merchant, co-op or broker, and are the latest prices being paid to farmers. Ranges of prices, within one category relate to the distance of the farm from the buyer. Oilseed rape prices are latest spot and forward prices, not contract prices. Ex farm prices vary with the distance from Hull, Liverpool and Erith, crushing factories.

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TRACTORS

Fendt goes 4-cylinder with 150 to 200hp 600 series tractors

Fendt has raised the bar on how much power can be squeezed out of a four-cylinder tractor engine by cranking its new 600 Vario up to more than 200hp. The…

TRACTORS

Valtra revamps flagship S-series in new-look 280-420hp range

A new cab, more powerful engine and a welter of previously unavailable optional extras are the highlights of Valtra’s revamped S-series. But the biggest change to the Finnish firm’s flagship…

TELEHANDLERS

Compact 130hp 530-60 Agri Super joins JCB Loadall range

JCB’s vast Loadall range has grown again, this time with the addition of the new 530-60 Agri Super.  It offers a 3t lift capacity and 6m reach, but with relatively compact…

TRACTORS

Why a Lancs contractor runs 14-strong fleet of older tractors

Choosing whether to splash out on swish new tractors or save cash by running higher-hour machines has long been a quandary for agricultural contractors. Lower risk of breakdowns, access to…

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