Agri-Business
Grain price: Struggling to plant on the continent
Tillage farmers here in Ireland aren’t the only ones struggling to plant this autumn. The problem is reflected across the...
Wheat
Agri-Business
Grain price: Snow in US and drought in Australia
Conditions for tillage farmers are currently difficult in the UK and Ireland as wet weather impacts on winter planting. While...
Agri-Business
Grain price: Latest WASDE reports lower wheat supplies
Grain prices went into the green on Friday morning. This follows the publication of the World Agricultural Supply and Demand...
Arable
Nottingham university warns of 'forgotten disease' in cereals
The University of Nottingham is warning tillage farmers of a “forgotten disease that still lurks in more than half of...
Agri-Business
Grain price: No pot of gold at the end of the rainbow
There doesn’t look to be any pot of gold at the end of the rainbow for this season, despite what...
Agri-Business
Grain price: No sign of anything to shake up markets
As the harvest progresses, Irish farmers are still awaiting a price for their grain and as the European harvest continues...
Arable
Producing high-iron wheat in the UK
Researchers at the John Innes Centre in the UK have developed wheat with a high-iron content. The wheat is genetically...
Arable
Improving our genetic knowledge of wheat is not a drag
When it comes to breeding better wheat varieties, often, though we seek to introduce desirable genes that increase yield, these...
Machinery
Autonomous farming is now a reality
Harper Adams’ engineering specialist Dr. Kit Franklin has told members of the Northern Ireland Institute of Agricultural Science (NIIAS) that...
Agri-Business
UK wheat under the spotlight at workshop in Algeria
The high quality of UK soft wheat its potential export opportunities was showcased at a baking workshop in Algeria earlier...
Arable
Can the UK avert a BYDV crisis?
Rothamsted Research recently hosted a technical seminar on how the UK can avoid a potential Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus (BYDV)...
Arable
West provides research focus for UK’s number one wheat disease
Increased difficulty controlling the UK’s number one wheat disease is prompting crop protection experts, Syngenta, to focus extra research effort...
Agri-Business
Potential in wheat…due to warm water in the Pacific
Wheat price has the potential to rise. Short supplies and big weather events will drive that rise. That’s according to...
Arable
Second wheats could offer a profitable option this season
Seed sales managers are seeking to remind growers that second wheats could offer a profitable cropping option this season – if...
Arable
Taking on take-all to ensure good second wheats
To maximise yield and profit from second wheats in 2019, take-all control is a key consideration this autumn, according to...
Arable
Reaching for the sky: Lincolnshire grower shares his tips for record-breaking yields
Despite one of the wettest springs and driest summers on record, Lincolnshire farmer Tim Lamyman, has managed to harvest yields...
Arable
Copa and Cogeca revise EU grain forecasts downwards
Copa and Cogeca has released new estimates for this year’s EU grain harvest, forecasting a 6% drop in EU cereal...
Arable
Take-All: Researchers find first step to lasting wheat health
Researchers have now shown that careful selection of the variety of the first wheat in a new cropping cycle can...
