Making the switch from brassicas to a winter grazing crop of rape, ryegrass and berseem clover has given one Welsh farmer an income boost while reducing soil erosion.
Scientists have discovered the genetics inside legumes which control the production of an oxygen-carrying molecule, crucial to the plant’s close relationships with nitrogen-fixing bacteria.
AHDB has used Recommended Lists (RL) data to build a tool to guide variety blend decisions, following growing interest from farmers to use varietal mixtures to increase genetic diversity in the field.
Improving silage production as part of setting the farm up for the future has brought multiple benefits for one North Wales dairy farm, including improved cow health.
Milling wheat is in short supply leading to increasing premiums, but can the bull market last?
Brewing business Heineken UK is launching a farm trial to explore how one of the main ingredients of beer, barley, can be grown in a more sustainable way to help reduce CO2Â emissions.
Romania and Ukraine will be major players on the international stage, as both countries report decent quality and better than average yields.
With 2021 oilseed rape yields pegged to sit slightly above the five-year average and prices at all-time highs, the crop has helped to redeem itself this harvest.
With some good-looking forage maize crops this season, there is a strong argument for preserving that potential. What can be done to guard against the multiple threats in the clamp?
With improved conditions for drilling in autumn 2020 , the Defra provisional arable crop areas for England figures confirm a return to a more balanced picture for harvest 2021.