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FARMERS will need to double livestock production by 2050 if they are to keep up with growing demand for meat across the globe. The rapid expansion of economies such as [...]

After finally catching up with our autumn backlog, we ended up 20ha down on winter wheat. This is going into spring barley instead, taking the total up to 154 ha, [...]

After a good autumn we're pretty much caught up. Black-grass control has been good with the Hawk-based programmes. And all the Optic spring barley is in. Potato planting for pre-pack [...]

Effective take-all management requires consideration of the disease within the context of long term cropping sequences, rather than simply cereal rotations. That was the advice of John Jenkyn of Rothamsted [...]

Symptoms of gout fly damage (large, swollen `gouty' shoots containing creamy-white larvae 5-6 mm in length) are again obvious in many September and early October drilled winter wheat and barley [...]

The eyespot risk for 2003 is high, according to Syngenta. Early drilling and wet weather conditions have been conducive to disease development and past treatment history for the disease by [...]

RISKS of losses from lodging are likely to be variable in cereal fields this year, given variations in drilling dates and varieties. So growers should target plant growth regulators (PGRs) [...]

FEED or malt. This is the fundamental question facing many spring barley growers in the season ahead. That is especially so after a season in which less than 25 per [...]

GROWERS looking to select slow growing wheats for early drilling are being advised to look further than the breeders' handbook. Data from UAP's nationwide PREDICT growth stage monitoring service has [...]

Poor weather conditions during last autumn are thought to be one of the main reasons why Danish arable farms grew a lot more spring barley this season. The area was [...]

UK cereal farmers met their French and German counterparts in Berlin this week in the latest of a series of meetings to develop a common position on issues affecting the [...]

INCREASING yields will be an important element in maintaining profit for cereal growers, according to chartered accountants Deloitte & Touche. Despite slashing back costs many growers are still struggling to [...]

With leading agribusiness Kings offering premium contracts, and Ryvita reporting increased consumer interest in crisp-breads, winter rye looks set for a resurgence. But what does it take to get a [...]

Revised farm-saved seed royalty rates have been agreed for 2002 between the farming unions and the British Society of Plant Breeders. The agreement follows a technical review of the formula [...]

Nickerson (UK) has published a 20-page colour booklet offering practical advice on growing Exsept, its winter wheat variety, which has the potential to earn a NABIM Group 2 bread-making premium, [...]

With problems currently facing arable producers as well as those in the pig sector, it is being suggested that cash-strapped farmers could increase the value of their grain by diversifying [...]

15th April 2002 This year marks the golden jubilee of our sovereign. It is also significant to crop husbandry that, in the year of her silver jubilee, the first triazole [...]

IN a major development for the Scottish cereals sector Border Grain, the Berwickshire-based farmer-owned co-operative, has announced that its members' production will now be marketed through United Cereals of Scotland. [...]