Grab early disease suppression opportunity for potato seed
Following a challenging season in all seed growing areas in 2023, potato producers are urged…
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Care needed with herbicides to avoid late drilled crop risks
Pre or post-emergence herbicides in late-sown winter crops could lead to crop safety issues if…
Arbitration beckons with sugar beet contract deadlock
A costly arbitration process now awaits with no agreement on the 2024/25 sugar beet contract,…
Check farm-saved seed for disease growers warned
With winter drilling interrupted by storms, a larger than average spring crop acreage is being…
New category and varieties for PGRO lists
The Processors and Growers Research Organisation (PGRO) has added 11 new pea and bean varieties…
Shorter RL still includes new standout varieties
Despite fewer new varieties added to the latest AHDB Recommended Lists, they include several exciting…
Marrowfat Octavia market share continues to grow
Two of the UK’s pulse specialists – Wherry & Sons Limited and Robin Appel Limited…
Fera launch fresh produce projects
Fera Science has launched two industry-led Enigma research projects, connecting tomato growers and vertical farming…
British sugar back to contract negotiations
British Sugar has announced a temporarily pause in contracting and seed ordering for the 2024/25…
Provisional AHDB Early Bird survey shows switch to spring crops
An uplift in the spring wheat crop is the prediction of the provisional AHDB early…