Disciplined Spring Care Vital for Backward Winter Wheats
Winter wheats that have struggled through the wettest early season on record or established from…
Browsing: Agronomy
Spring cereals switch demands herbicide strategy rethink
Farmers abandoning winter cereals and switching to spring wheat and barley will need to pay…
New land use report urges increase of bioenergy crops in the UK
The UK should increase its use of bioenergy crops to deliver carbon savings, according to…
Ryegrass blends offer cost-effective bare soils solution
Sowing a high performance ryegrass catch crop this spring could offer a flexible low risk…
Bespoke cover crop solutions to improve soils
Agronomy firm Hutchinsons has unveiled a new range of tailor-made cover crop mixes that includes…
Restricted roots set to put wheat on the back foot
Restricted growth of vital moisture and nutrient-absorbing roots could cause serious setbacks in winter wheat…
Spring cropping and cereal disease advice portal goes live
Following the unmitigated wash-out of Autumn 2019 and the elevated importance of spring sown crops…
NIAB researchers aim to tackle top horticultural pests and diseases
NIAB researchers are taking on four new research programmes tackling high priority pests and diseases,…
Can you put a value on soil?
Farmers and landowners will now be able to value their arable land more precisely thanks…
Herbicide resistant weed could cost the UK £1 billion a year
Research by Rothamsted has helped put an economic figure on herbicide resistance in blackgrass, the…