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The article reports on the importance of upgrading the crop intake system when improving a grainstore or planning a new one. It claims that the intake should correspond with the capacity of the crop storage and drying facilities in order to achieve smooth operation of the facility. It examines the projects at the Creslow Manor Farm in Buckinghamshire, England and Calmsden Farms near Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England as examples.

The author talks about his farming experience in partnership with his parents at Pickwick Lodge Farm in Wiltshire, England. He cites his plan of implementing a two-application strategy on winter oilseed rape. He thinks that some people are applying nitrogen too early when the plant does not necessarily need it, which then lead poor grain samples or lodge crops.

Focuses on the Crop Protection Management Plan (CPMP) exercise conducted at Hadlow Place Farm in England in 2003. Background information on the farm; CPMP rating achieved by the farm; Process involved in CPMP rating. INSET: CPMP review.

The article discusses agricultural trends and developments in various parts of England as of June 5, 2015. Topics covered include the flowering of winter barleys and spring beans in the north, fungicide applications for wheat in the south due to bad weather, and monitoring for pests such as orange wheat blossom midge in the east. Also mentioned are the anticipation of oilseed rape harvesting, the variability of winter barley crops, and maize performance in the west.

The author discusses farming-related developments in Bedfordshire, England as of June 20, 2014. Topics discussed include the completion of majority of work involved with growing the crops, the problem with slugs in blackgrass plants, giving extra attention to the management of ex-oilseed rape fields and management of blackgrass with a combination of cultivation methods, stale seed-beds and late drilling.

The article offers a look at farming activities in Herefordshire, England and the other border counties. It says that there has been a huge expansion in recent years of crops like potatoes, vegetables and soft fruit, including extensive strawberry production. Trecorras Farm, Llangarron of Ross-on-Wye, is a 275-acre commercial farm that was sold subject to contract within days of coming on to the market.

The article provides information on the Heath House Farm in Beckbury, Shropshire, England. Continuation of the cultivation of familiar crops is the policy for the farm. Farmer Richard Solari comments on farming. The impact of price cuts of sugar beet on the profitability of the farm concerns Solari as of January 20, 2006.

Presents updates on farming in Lincolnshire, England as of September 2005. List of crops grown at Easton Lodge; Number of finishers being market by a breeder/finisher pig unit each year; Information on the arable farm Sacrewell Lodge.

Reports on the harvest yields at Sacrewell and Easton Lodge in Lincs, England in 2004. Improvement in the yields at Sacrewell Lodge; Average wheat harvest at Easton Lodge; Wheat variety assessment.

Focuses on the Co-Ordinated Growing Systems (COGS) of the firm Dalgety Arable used by Throws Farm in Essex, England in growing new cereal varieties.

Wheat, conservation-grade oats and potatoes are main crops on the 220ha of clay loam arable land of John Best farms in England. Backward crops of both wheat and oats have been top dressed with 38kg/ha of liquid N, but, in this unexpected dry spell, calcium nitrate would have been a better choice. Victor spring beans have been drilled at 300kg/ha with a target plant population of 40 plants/sq m and 2 litres/ha of simazine applied pre-emergence.