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The article provides information on cultivating and marketing pharmaceutical corps. Some of the pharmaceutical crops include borage, sweet quinoa and hemp. Farms should take into account the fact that the total volume of plant products required in specialist markets is small compared with traditional crops. Pharmaceutical companies prefer crops that are free from contaminants.

The article focuses on development of crops along with their assistance in crop rotation process at arable lands of the Great Britain. It mentions significance of naked barley farming as cereal crop with removal of husk from the crop through a single mutational breeding of crop along with its higher composition of beta-glucan. It states information on Ahiflower crop as member of borage plant family that promotes cardiovascular function.

The author describes that status of the arable farm business in New Zealand. Oriental lily bulbs are being planted by a Dutch company which he has a five-year contract with. Growing borage for Midlands Seed, a prominent marketing company in the country, made the author eligible to enter a competition which recognized the top borage grower for the 2005-2006 season by way of quality, volume and yield a hectare.

Features alternative crops that will be viable in 2005 after the implementation of the single payment scheme in Great Britain according from Simon Meakin, director at Springdale Crop Energies. Crambe; Hemp; Borage; Calendula.

The article offers information on several niche crops including spring linseed, borage, and quinoa along with their advantages and disadvantages. Topics discussed include improvement in soil structure due to rooting of spring linseed, growing demand of borage oil for use in dietary supplements as well as ointments to treat skin disorders, and harvesting of quinoa in early April.

The author discusses niche crops as options for growers in Great Britain who are experiencing short supply of spring seeds. Merchants are offering niche spring crops to growers who have been unable to complete their autumn drilling. Some of the niche crops available for farmers include millet which benefits from low inputs and attractive margins, borage which has good pest resistance and genuine break crop benefits and herbage seed under-sown with a companion crop.

The author, who is Lincolnshire, England farmer, discusses how he used borage in crop rotation. He revealed that he was able to have a paid yield of 570 kilograms/hectare (kg/ha) of borage from 42 ha. He stated that to avoid contamination, borage should be grown only in fields where farmers can control volunteers. He noted that drilling it into a stale seed-bed after grass silage in late October and following it with winter wheat in late April suited his farm perfectly.

The article reports that many novel crops can offer attractive gross margins compared with conventional crops. One of the novel crops is borage, which is being cultivated by Essex, England grower James Evans. Evans believes borage's management is relatively straightforward. Land is ploughed in the autumn, before spraying off weeds and volunteers the following spring with Roundup, glyphosate.

Forecasts the increase in contracted area of borage grown in Great Britain in 2004. Information on borage seeds; Factors that may contribute to the increase.

Presents information on industrial and non-cereal food crop options for sowing contracts offered in Great Britain in 2002. Borage; Crambe; High erucic acid oilseed rape.

Reports on the move of Dutch specialty oils group Boiler Oilseed Systems to set up British borage grower groups and invest in a new specialty vegetable extraction plant at New Holland, in north Lincs. Reason for the move; Method of extraction; Reason why direct purchase from the farm is vital.

Discusses how N Lincs grower Richard Jones cultivates borage. Borage yields of Jones; Advantages of growing borage compared to other crops; Problems with growing borage.

Focuses on the borage farming business of Kings and Bolier Oilseeds Systems in Great Britain. Projected value of borage in the pharmaceutical market; Biggest cost in borage farming; Information on the contracts of King and Bolier with the pharmaceutical companies.