Poor weather has resulted in disappointing yields for the first trials of recommended list winter wheats this harvest.

Two hybrid winter feed barley varieties with enhanced protection against two key cereal diseases have been launched by Syngenta for planting this autumn.

Fertiliser maker Yara has become the latest company to join the Green Tractor scheme to help farmers recycle plastic waste.

Growers and agronomists have been submitting brown rust samples to the UK cereal pathogen virulence survey (UKCPVS) to help investigate a suspected increase in its virulence.

More than 6,500 visitors flocked to this summer’s Groundswell show – the eighth annual regenerative agriculture event and festival in Hertfordshire.

A clampdown on fertiliser emissions means more growers are considering switching to protected urea.

Cool wet weather has seen sugar beet crops come under intense disease pressure, with rust infection the greatest concern for growers and agronomists.

Advice for farmers as concern grows for hot summer

The benefit of tackling take-all has been highlighted by a seed-treatment trial.

Variety promises high yields and good agronomics