This year’s wheat harvest is expected to be slightly higher on the year – despite hot, dry conditions and questions over yields.

Balancing AB15 Stewardship mixes with perennial grasses is vital to optimise their effectiveness in managing problem grassweeds, confirm the latest trials.

A profitable return to early winter wheat on land with a serious blackgrass history is raising hopes for growers.

With potato crops around a fortnight ahead of normal, growers who haven’t yet done so should consider applying sprout suppressant maleic hydrazide.

A four-stage strategy to control blackgrass is paying dividends for David Knott, general manager of Trumpington Farms, south-west of Cambridge.

Four new winter wheats – including two high yielding varieties with bread-making potential – could be commercially available for drilling in autumn 2023.

Growers are being advised to pay special attention to the benefits of incorporating straw this harvest – before deciding whether to bale and sell it off the farm.

Attention to detail is essential for potato harvesting following the withdrawal of key dessicant

Stress factors over the coming weeks could increase the risk of early blight in potatoes, say agronomists

Growers are reaping valuable rewards by incorporating grass into their farming systems, visitors to last month’s Groundswell event were told.