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ARABLE

Cereals 2025: Which environmental actions would farmers keep?

Talk at Cereals 2025 about “public money for public goods” being under threat means that growers visiting the event were considering which environmental actions would remain in place on their…

WEED MANAGEMENT

Cereals 2025: Water hardness check key to glyphosate efficacy

Farmers could be losing up to 30% efficacy of glyphosate in hard water areas, thereby increasing the risk of grassweed resistance by delivering a sub-optimal kill. The discovery of glyphosate-resistant…

CROP MANAGEMENT

Cereals 2025: Digital agronomy service offers SFI update

A leading digital agronomy service has announced updated software tools to support users with Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) compliance. Precision agriculture service Rhiza is now offering SFI-compliant integrated pest management…

CEREALS

Wardy’s Waffle launch overshadowed by blimp mishap

The 2025 Cereals Event drew more than 20,000 visitors to Heath Farm, Leadenham, Lincolnshire – marking another successful hosting by farmer and YouTuber Andrew Ward. But while the two-day arable…

CEREAL DRILLS

Alpego returns with Dtek power harrow combi drill

Opico has relaunched Alpego’s Dtek power harrow drill following increased demand for the improved weight distribution of a front-and-rear combination. The 350hp-rated power harrow unit comes with quick-fit, drop-forged tines…

VARIETY SELECTION

Cereals 2025: New hybrid barley Quantock offers more yield

Syngenta used the Cereals Event to launch its new hybrid barley, Quantock, the joint highest yielding six-row hybrid on the AHDB Recommended List 2025-26. With a UK yield of 109%…

 
 
 

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PEST MANAGEMENT

Cereals 2025: Send in aphid samples, growers urged

Rothamsted Research appealed for growers and agronomists to send in aphid samples taken from wheat crops at Cereals 2025. Researchers developing species-specific pest management solutions are building a picture of…

SPRAYING AND SPREADING

Cereals 2025: Budget Turkish sprayer maker targets UK market

Hailing from the central Turkish city of Konya, crop sprayer maker Ontar had made the journey to this year’s Cereals event with the hope of breaking into the UK market.…

VARIETY SELECTION

Cereals 2025: DSV looks to fast track new breadmaking wheats

Plant breeder DSV is looking to fast track the development of new breadmaking wheat varieties using genomic prediction which has produced the candidate Group 1 wheat variety Arlington. Wheat breeder…

SOILS

Cereals 2025: UK start-up offers soil and nutrient software

A new soil mapping and nutrient management software called Soil Benchmark aims to make record-keeping and compliance assessment simpler on farm. The UK-based start-up offers soil, manure and nutrient management…

SPRAYERS

Cereals 2025: Fendt Rogator 600 gets performance upgrades

Fendt has treated its Rogator 600 sprayers to a series of upgrades with the hope of improving performance in tough conditions. The Gen 2 models now come with electronic, pneumatic…

DISEASE MANAGEMENT

Cereals 2025: Growers given alert for yellow rust next season

Winter wheat growers are being urged to be vigilant about yellow rust next season and be prepared to use an early spring fungicide after a new race of the disease…

SPRAYERS

Cereals 2025: Agroma returns with low-cost trailed sprayers

Greek sprayer maker Agroma is having another tilt at the UK market, having previously built machines for FarmGem and sold them through Lincolnshire outfit S&K Sprayer Services. Its trio of…

CULTIVATORS

Cereals 2025: GT Engineering shows spring tine cultivator

A spring tine cultivator is the latest addition to a growing line-up of equipment offered by Lincolnshire-based GT Agricultural Engineering. Available in working widths from 3m to 8m, it packs…

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