First report in decades of a forgotten crop pathogen
Scientists, breeders, farmers and conservation groups must continue to work in close collaboration to prepare…
Browsing: Crops
Sweet route to greater yields
A promising technique that makes maize more productive even in droughts has now been unpicked…
What can conventional farmers learn from the organic sector?
In farming, the conventional and organic world might not seem the easiest bedfellows, but they…
Strong yields for GB potato seed sent to Kenya for trials
GB potato seed sent out to Kenya has performed strongly on three Kenyan trial sites.…
New rules for food safety look set to surprise all
Despite the warnings and the efforts of food manufacturers to minimise the accumulation of acrylamide…
GB potato stocks up 23 per cent on previous season
AHDB has announced that GB potato stock levels for the end of November are estimated…
Key fact sheets are now available for the latest LSPB recommended varieties of spring beans, peas and oilseed rape
Fact sheets on the company’s PGRO and AHDB Recommended varieties of spring beans, combining peas…
Collaborative project to improve forecasting of UK’s most important potato pest
A team of Harper Adams University researchers; Dr Matthew Back, Dr Ivan Grove and Bill…
Spring wheat weed control boosted by new approval
Spring wheat growers have a new weed killer at their disposal this season after Dow…
2018 PGRO/Syngenta roadshow presentations are now available on the PGRO web site
The 2018 Pulse Roadshows travelled through the major pulse growing regions in late January and…