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Farmers could be getting yields up to 15t/ha out of their wheat harvests, newly published research shows. The crop's untapped potential was discovered in a research simulation conducted by Rothamsted Research, which showed that wheat yields in the UK could be increased by 50%, while yields in some European countries could be increased by 90%. Beyond research purposes, the chances of farmers and plant breeders being able to use gene editing in the UK and Europe to increase crop yields is low. [Extracted from the article]

The article offers the information on the Spring hand-roguing of blackgrass that is helping one Nottinghamshire cereal seed-producing farm to get on top of the troublesome grassweed along with a comprehensive autumn herbicide programme. The article mentions about the Mary and Rob Smithson's 600 hactre farm in Beckingham, south-east of Doncaster, grows 240 hactre of winter wheat for seed, so there is a zero-tolerance policy of the grassweed.

The article offers an update on the operations at a farm in Wiltshire, England as of December 2016. Topics covered include the completion of winter ploughing, the ergot contamination in Cassata barley causing problems to grain outloading, and the potential of genetically modified (GM) wheat to benefit the environment due to its lower pesticide requirement.

The article offers information on the financial performance of the agricultural industry in Great Britain in 2016. Topics discussed here include winter barley and oilseed rape yields, production of wheat and spring crops, and review of yield maps which revealed decline in the average yields. Also being discussed is the yield variation in different parts of the nation.

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to articles in previous issues including the article about the Farm Safety Week held on July 4-8, 2016, the article about the loss of payments under the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS), and the article about fusarium infection on wheat crops.

The article presents news brief related to farming from Scotland. Easter Kilwhiss Farm grows cereals, vegetables and brassicas alongside a 300-head suckler herd. Q Fife is one of Scotland's foremost farming counties that produce about 15% of the Scottish wheat crop and about 5% of its oilseed rape and barley.

The article presents information on varied property sales across England and Scotland. Monkshill Farm, near Faversham, Kent, sold its farm shop, house, range of converted buildings and 60 acres of Grade 3 permanent pasture. Claydons Farm, near Stratford-Upon-Avon, Warwickshire sold its189-acre unit growing wheat, barley and linseed across 137 arable acres with 48 acres of permanent pasture, Grade 3 soils, two derelict houses and two stores.

The article offers information on the Westfield Farm located in Bristol, England. Topics include the farm having 413 acres of Grade 2 and 3 land with 323 acres cropped to winter wheat, oilseed rape and spring barley, balance of the land made up of 54 acres of ploughable temporary grass, and views of Andrew Black real estate company Sallvis on the same.

The article offers information on availability of agricultural farmland for sale in England. Topics discussed the farm land of Church Farm in Kent, England being cultivated under contract for production of rapeseed, potatoes and wheat; and availability of grain, fertilizer and machinery storage facilities along with general storage facilities in the farmland.

The article focuses on the livestock and aerable units that are being offered by the farmland market of the South Wales. It presents views of selling agent David Powell on the interest of both investors and farmers in purchasing and selling. It mentions that the major portion of cropped land has generated beans and wheat.

The article offers information on harvesting in different parts and farms of England and Scotland in 2015. Topics discussed include settled weather allowing harvesting in southern England, oat crops suffering due to rain, views of Tom Coleman at Lower Norton Farm in Winchester, England, on quality of yields achieved at the farm, views of Ean Branston at Bourton Hill Farm in Gloucestershire, England on wheat harvesting and barley and wheat harvesting in Scotland.

The article offers information related to farms on heavy land at Ewerby Thorpe Farm, near Sleaford, Lincolnshire, which produces wheat, oilseed rape and winter beans. Topics discussed include negative impact of low rainfall during the harvesting season, providing training on agricultural practical skills, and cost of agriculture.

The article offers information on the launch of 700 acres of prime English farmland in east and southern England, and presents the views of Charlie Bryant, from real estate company Brown & Co., on this issue. Topics discussed include wheat, sugar beet and horticultural crops produced by School Farm, Grade two arable land in Nottinghamshire for investment buyers, and sale of Ridgeway Farm's house and buildings.

This section offers news briefs on land and farms in Great Britain that are up for sale as of May 2015 including the acres of land on the Buckinghamshire border in England, an arable land in Bedfordshire, England with a track record of producing wheat yields, and a mixed farm bear Exeter, England with some Grade 1 red soils and a range of buildings.