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Several charts that provide information on prices of agricultural products in Great Britain as of March 2007 are presented including livestock, wheat and potatoes.

The article presents news briefs on issues related to agriculture in Great Britain. There has been a recent increase in the number of botulism cases in England and Wales. English farmers had a good wheat harvest despite being hampered by wet weather late on according to the yield estimates of the National Farmers Union. A protocol with the British Rural Payments Agency for dealing with cross-border single farm payment claims is being urged by farming union to be established by the Welsh Assembly.

Presents several graphical and tabular representations of the market performance of livestock and farm products in Great Britain as of September 2005. Finished cattle; Feed wheat; Potatoes.

Presents several graphical and tabular representations of the market performance of farm produce as of June 24, 2005. Finished cattle; Feed wheat; Finished lambs; Potatoes; Milk.

Presents data on several agricultural markets in Great Britain as of May 2005. Livestock; Wheat; Potatoes.

Presents graphical and tabular representations of the market perfomance of farm produce as of April 15, 2005. Finished cattle; Feed wheat; Finished lambs; Potatoes; Milk.

Presents news briefs on arable farming as of October 2004. Percentage of Scottish fields which have exceeded the recommended treatment threshold for wheat bulb fly infestation; Absence of the evidence of breakdown in the defenses of rhizomania tolerant sugar beet; Forecast on the crop harvest by the Ukrainian government.

Deals with the latest developments in arable farming in Great Britain as of 2004. Election of former National Farmer's Union deputy president Tony Pexton as the new chairman of the National Institute for Agricultural Botany; Importance of being realistic about the balance between the wheat's ability to deliver quality premiums and straightforward yield; Conditions of beet prospects in September season.

Presents tabular and graphical representations of the agricultural industries in Great Britain as of September 2004. Finished cattle and lambs; Oilseed rape; Milling wheat.

Presents charts, diagrams and graphs on the production, sales and prices of farm products in Great Britain as of September 3, 2004. Finished cattle and lambs; Feed wheat and milling wheat; Potatoes and oilseed rape.

Presents news briefs concerning agriculture in Great Britain as of July 2004. Plans of Welsh Assembly members for the control of bovine tuberculosis; Impact of a series of storms on wheat crops at Keyworth House Farm; Role of the British Health and Safety Executive in an investigation into the death of several men in an effluent tank on agricultural land.

Presents graphical representations of the prices of agricultural products in Great Britain from 2002 to 2004. Cattle; Lambs; Pigs; Milk; Oilseed rape; Potatoes; Wheat.

Presents tabular representations of agricultural prices in Great Britain as of July 2, 2004. Feed wheat; Potatoes; Oilseed rape.

Presents statistical data on the prices of farm produce in Great Britain as of May 2004. Cattle; Wheat; Potatoes.

Presents tabular and graphical representations of the state of the agricultural markets in Great Britain. Feed wheat; Trends livestock; Potatoes.

Provides an overview of the price trends involving various agricultural products in Great Britain as of March 26, 2004. Finished cattle; Feed and milling wheat; Potatoes and oilseed rape.

Presents statistics on the production and prices of farm produce from 2002 to 2004 in Great Britain. Average milk price per litre; Prices of wheat; Producer prices for potatoes.

Presents statistical information on the agriculture industry in Great Britain for the years 2002-2004. Potatoes; Cattle; Livestock; Milling wheat.

Reports on the performance of the livestock and arable products in the market from 2002 to 2004. Finished cattle; Feed Wheat; Potatoes; Oilseed Rape.

Presents market updates from Great Britain as of December 2003. Finished cattle; Feed Wheat; Oilseed rape.

Presents tabular representations of the agriculture business in Great Britain from 2002 to 2003. Finished cattle; Finished lambs; Feed wheat.

Reports on the prices of farm produce in Great Britain as of November 14, 2003. Finished cattle; Feed wheat; Potatoes; Milk.

Presents several charts and graphs on the animal industry in Great Britain as of September 2003. Finished cattle; Feed wheat; Oilseed rape; Milk.

Presents the trends for several agricultural markets in Great Britain as of June 13, 2003. Finished cattle; Finished lambs; Milk; Feed wheat; Milling wheat; Oilseed rape.

Presents updates on the prices of agricultural products in Europe as of May 2003. Prices of cattle; Average amount of meat; Changes in the value of wheat.

Presents a forecast on the growth of the market for several agricultural products in 2003 in Great Britain. Wheat; Potatoes; Beef; Dairy; Livestock.

Examines the status of the grain market around the world in 2002. Effect of the rainy season on wheat harvests; Price of wheat; Indication of the surplus of the British wheat.

Presents graphical representations of trends in farming from 2000 to March 2002. Prices of milling wheat; Average farm-gate price of milk.

The article offers a preview of winter wheat, barley and oilseed rape varieties on show at Cereals 2014 conference and trade show in Great Britain that include the Group 1 milling wheat Skyfall from seeds supplier RAGT, Group 4 feed wheat Evolution from Limagrain, and KWS Kielder wheat.

Sussex grower Mark Chandler will leave his entire winter wheat area fallow on his contracted land this year to preserve the rotation. Mr Chandler normally contract-hires a combine for 200ha alongside his own at harvest, and growing a large acreage of spring barley would mean this extra combine would still be needed. On his own tenanted land Mr Chandler has decided the most profitable option is to crop only his best soils with spring barley, as this can yield up to 7.4t/ha in the right conditions. [Extracted from the article]

Reducing first charge levels and re-evaluating how to manage land in contract farming agreements can be useful during a challenging financial year. The farmer and the contractor each take an initial draw or first charge, with the contractor's charge taking priority. If the farmer commits to pay the contractor a flat rate/ha fee, say quarterly in arrears, then (as long as the contractor has complied with their obligations under the agreement) the farmer is obliged to pay that fee. [Extracted from the article]

Building a more resilient cropping system is at the heart of one Scottish grower's strategy to better cope with the more extreme weather being seen, like this winter's monsoon. His aim is to widen his rotation to six years, with two years of spring barley followed by winter barley, oilseed rape, wheat and then oats. Finally, this year Mr Campbell is changing his spring barley variety mix by growing more Sassy. [Extracted from the article]

Arable farmers have planted the smallest winter cropping area in decades after relentless rain kept wheels from turning across many parts of the UK. Just 1.5m ha of winter wheat is projected to be harvested this season, down more than 300,000ha or 17% compared with what was harvested in 2019, according to a recent AHDB planting survey. Farms across a swathe of heavy land in the midlands appear to be the worst affected, with spring and winter wheat planting in the East Midlands at just 62% of what growers plan to establish, while both the North-West and Scotland have more than 95% planted. [Extracted from the article]

Winter wheat growers are advised to get nitrogen fertiliser on their crops as soon as possible to help tillers survive and encourage rooting after a very wet winter. Roger Sylvester-Bradley, head of crop performance at crop consultants Adas says: "Nitrogen would be top of my list to encourage winter wheat crops, but not to apply it on waterlogged soils". Prof Sylvester-Bradley says a target of 400 heads/sq m is a minimum for wheat crops after a difficult winter, compared with top-yielding Lincolnshire grower Tim Lamyman who aims for a minimum of 600 heads/sq m and likes to be towards 750 heads for top crops. [Extracted from the article]

Restrictions on a fungicide seed treatment have now been lifted, allowing the product to be used on spring sown wheat and barley, with immediate effect. "With limited dual-purpose fungicide seed treatments available, we are delighted with this timely decision to allow spring use on wheat and barley seed this coming season". [Extracted from the article]

Syngenta is developing hybrid wheat that could be available in five years and provide a sustainable future for growing the crop in the UK. Rob Hiles, seed business sustainability lead at Syngenta, said: "Wheat is the last remaining global food crop which hasn't been hybridised. In essence you have had to completely transform the wheat crop from a self-pollinating crop to a cross-pollinating crop and it is incredibly complex. [Extracted from the article]

Applying early nitrogen (N) and phosphate fertiliser to wheat crops is the starting point for nursing them back to health, as farmers look to minimise the effect of waterlogging on crop yields. Farmers should consider treating February-drilled winter wheat more like a spring crop when it comes to fertiliser strategy, says Yara's Mark Tucker. [Extracted from the article]

Award-winning winter wheat and oilseed rape yields are being produced by Lincolnshire grower Mark Stubbs from a farm that just six years ago was seeing yields being strangled by a bad blackgrass problem. As well as his success with a late-drilled wheat crop, he also took third prize in the oilseeds YEN in 2019, with a field yield of 6.77t/ha produced from a crop which did suffer some early flea beetle damage. [Extracted from the article]

The drilling window flexibility offered by spring wheat has never been more appealing, after the most difficult autumn conditions that many can remember disrupted winter cereal plantings and root crop harvesting. Other varieties include the Group 1 wheat Mulika and Group 2 choice Cochise, which together account for almost 70% of the spring wheat market, thanks to their premium earning potential. Mr Compson adds that the spring wheat market shrunk last year and was just 4% of the total wheat area. [Extracted from the article]

The article presents an interview with contractor and grower James Reid about direct drilling in crop establishment. He says that establishment costs were reduced since they shift from full plough-based system to direct drilling. He mentions that establishing through the method makes establishing wheat crop much easier. According to him, the method is effective on nearly every soil type.

The article presents news briefs concerning agriculture in Great Britain. ADM Milling plans to increase the tonnage Group 2 wheat Cordiale grown on contract next season for its flour mills. The Employment Equality (Age) Regulation 2006 to be implemented in October will give new rights to workers over 65 and remove the upper age limit for unfair dismissal or redundancy payments. Agricultural land prices in Britain have increased by 58% in the past 10 years based on a Bank of Scotland survey.

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]

Farmers with a significant blackgrass problem should stick with spring barley this season, as the crop - when managed correctly - offers the best way to keep on top of any spring-emerging blackgrass. The wet autumn means many growers face an unplanned increase in their spring cropping area, with a number of crops such as beans, peas, linseed, wheat and barley in the running. [Extracted from the article]

Four new high-yielding oilseed rape varieties have come in at the top of the Recommended List for the UK, as Limagrain's breeding programme comes to fruition. Elsewhere, a host of solid varieties enter the cereal lists, with Group 4 soft variety Saki joining as a strong all-rounder, and new spring oat option Isabel offering a competitive yield and good quality. [Extracted from the article]

Organic grower Tim Sellers' rotation of primitive and ancient grains has allowed him to weather market volatility by supplying the growing artisan bread and granola market. Mr Sellers' first foray into this market was in 2006, when he set up the Side Oven Bakery on the farm to sell artisan bread, which is also when he switched from growing ordinary wheat to spelt. High-value crops such as einkorn and spelt are only options for Mr Sellers because he no longer seeks to supply to millers for supermarkets. [Extracted from the article]

Prolonged rain continues to play havoc with fieldwork - prompting calls for the government to declare a "force majeure" weather event for farmers unable to meet scheme requirements or obligations due to circumstances outside their control. The Met Office has issued an amber weather warning, saying heavy rain is likely to cause flooding and disruption, including danger to life. In Lothian, Scottish farmer Willie Thomson said his farm was averaging 10mm of rain each day so far during November. [Extracted from the article]

Growers who are considering cutting back on their winter cropping area due to the wet autumn and switching to spring options will need to move fast to secure a contract. Rebecca Gibson, Agrii's seed manager for the North, said the company is already completely sold out of spring wheat, normally one of the last spring options to go, as growers try to fulfil existing contracts. [Extracted from the article]

Oxfordshire growers Alan and Richard Smith plan to cut their use of herbicides in winter wheat and spring barley after achieving great blackgrass control with a mechanical hoe. Handily, Claydon had just produced an inter-row hoe that matched the farm's existing Claydon drill, so the Smiths took delivery of the new TerraBlade late in the season to trial. [Extracted from the article]

Seed traders are seeing huge demand for spring seed, particularly wheat, barley and beans, as autumn drillers struggle to get crops into the ground in such wet weather. Spring wheat seed is virtually sold out, popular spring barley varieties Laureate and Planet are in big demand and spring beans supplies are very tight. "There is huge demand for spring seed, especially spring wheat, barley and beans, and I can see we may have to turn to imported barley seed", he tells Farmers Weekly. [Extracted from the article]

An 8m version of Claydon's Terrablade inter-row hoe will be shown for the first time at Agritechnica. The largest Terrablade model has 26 blades and is designed for use on any tractor with a Cat 2 front linkage, offering working speeds around 6kph. [Extracted from the article]