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Growers who have delayed spring drilling due to wet conditions are advised to use vigorous varieties, increase seed rates and tailor crop nutrition to optimise late spring crops this season.

Met with one of the wettest springs for many years, sugar beet growers have been making slow progress with drilling.

The European markets have again been kicked around on the back of uncertainty and extreme instability in the rapeseed market has continued

A farmer from Forfar has maintained profitabilityandimprovedsoilhealthafter introducing sheep to his arable rotation.

Simon Nelson, Agrovista agronomist covering the northwest is encouraging growers to consider early nitrogen applications for late spring crops and advises on wheat and barley spray timings approaching this season.

Reports from the east of England suggest barley yellow dwarf virus (BYDV) is widespread in cereals and an agronomist advises growers to increase plant nutrition to help control symptoms.

Potato growers are facing a different proposition when it comes to weed control this spring compared to 2022 following delayed planting of much of the UK’s maincrop.

Mancozeb, the multisite potato blight fungicide, will continue to be available this spring as a valuable tool to help control disease and preserve the effectiveness of existing chemistry.