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Crop Watch: Slowly catching up with fieldwork backlog

23 Apr 2018 Crop management Crop Watch Disease management Diseases management Drilling Establishment
Spud Watch: Avoid planting wet areas of fields

23 Apr 2018 Crop management Establishment Ploughing and cultivation Potatoes
Eyespot disease reported in southern wheat crops

20 Apr 2018 Diseases management Wheat
Beet growers urged to apply pre-em herbicides this week

18 Apr 2018 Crop management Drilling Sugar beet
British Sugar warns late drilling could hit beet yields

17 Apr 2018 Crop management Establishment Sugar beet
Crop Watch: Pressure mounts to catch up as spring arrives

16 Apr 2018 Crop Watch
NFU joins calls for three-crop rule exemption

16 Apr 2018 BPS
OSR growers to focus on nutrition as weather set to warm

13 Apr 2018 Crop management Nutrition and fertiliser OSR
Winter wheat growers could consider missing T0 spray

12 Apr 2018 Crop management Disease management Wheat
Scots seek derogation from three-crop rule

12 Apr 2018 BPS
Spring barley growers could save nitrogen in late spring

11 Apr 2018 Barley Crop management Drilling
Spud Watch: Wet spring holds back planting progress

11 Apr 2018 Crop management Crop Watch
Crop Watch: Signs of spring see field workload pick up

10 Apr 2018 Crop management Crop Watch
Tickets on sale for 2018 Cereals event

10 Apr 2018 Cereals Events
Video: Sugar beet drilling starts as growers play catch-up

09 Apr 2018 Drilling Establishment Ploughing and cultivation Soils Sugar beet
Scientists hope US gene editing decision sets precedent

09 Apr 2018
Free weed wiper hire offer goes live this month

06 Apr 2018 Environment Weed management
UK sugar beet yields hit record levels

05 Apr 2018 Harvest Sugar beet
Essex rapeseed crop in need of nitrogen as flowering nears

05 Apr 2018 Nutrition and fertiliser OSR
Late drilling of pulses to result in reduced insect damage

04 Apr 2018 Pest management Pulses
Crop Watch: Wet Easter adds to massive field work backlog

03 Apr 2018 Disease management Weed management
Growers urged to monitor OSR crops for light leaf spot

03 Apr 2018 Disease management Weeds
Crop Doctor: Rust alert after tour of England's wheat fields

29 Mar 2018 Diseases management Wheat

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Bee hives beside OSR growing in field

How Britain's bee farmers can help raise crop yields

24 Apr 2018 Environment OSR Pulses Wildlife

Farmer Focus: Old spud surplus welcome after late start

24 Apr 2018 Farmer Focus
Farm’s self-imposed insecticide ban sees healthier crops

23 Apr 2018 Crop management OSR Pest management Soils
Farmer Focus: Carrots, cultivations and clover crops

21 Apr 2018 Farmer Focus
Video, photos and reports from the Arable Horizons talks
4 growers on how they get oilseed rape off to the best start

20 Apr 2018 Establishment Nutrition and fertiliser OSR Ploughing and cultivation
3 top varieties to consider as second wheats this autumn

19 Apr 2018 Crop selection Variety selection Wheat
Farmer Focus: Maximising profit over yields this wet spring

19 Apr 2018 Farmer Focus
How moving less soil helped farmer thwart blackgrass

18 Apr 2018 Blackgrass Establishment Land preparation Ploughing and cultivation Weed management Weeds
How to keep wheat fungicide cost low and grow high yields

17 Apr 2018 Crop management Disease management Diseases management Wheat
Farmer Focus: Conserving moisture could be key this season

17 Apr 2018 Farmer Focus
How OSR growers need to prepare for new erucic acid rules

16 Apr 2018 Crop management OSR Rotations Weed management
Farmer Focus: Will those in power listen to farmers' pleas?

14 Apr 2018 Farmer Focus
How a min-till approach can improve soil health

13 Apr 2018 Drilling Land preparation Ploughing and cultivation Seed-bed preparation Soils
How a Hampshire farmer is managing contrasting soils

13 Apr 2018 Barley Drilling Establishment Wheat
Farmer Focus: Cover crop proves good for sheep and soil

12 Apr 2018 Farmer Focus
Min-till system overhaul slashes diesel and slug pelleting

11 Apr 2018 Drilling Establishment Seed-bed preparation
Why strip-till is key to one farmer's cultivations approach

10 Apr 2018 Land preparation Ploughing and cultivation Seed-bed preparation Soils
Farmer Focus: How will we farm the NI border after Brexit?

10 Apr 2018 Farmer Focus
What to consider when changing your establishment system

09 Apr 2018 Drilling Establishment Land preparation Ploughing and cultivation Soils
Farmer Focus: Soils under scrutiny by visiting guru

07 Apr 2018 Farmer Focus
Direct drilling brings long-term rewards in Wiltshire

06 Apr 2018 Drilling Establishment
Farmer Focus: A paper mountain is heading to the RPA

05 Apr 2018 Farmer Focus
How to avoid losses from cercospora beet disease

03 Apr 2018 Crop management Sugar beet
Farmer Focus: Farmers shouldn’t need no-till incentives

03 Apr 2018 Farmer Focus
How one Maris Otter grower hopes to grow a 7t/ha crop

02 Apr 2018 Barley Disease management Diseases management

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