Crops

A new project to enhance food safety in potato crisp production has started between Abertay University and Perthshire-based Taylors Snacks.

With weather and soil conditions potentially delaying another spring crop, we get some top tips for late maize drilling.

Using foliar nitrogen is one of the steps farmer Harry Heath has taken to improve the environmental footprint of his familys mixed farm near Newport, Shropshire.

US CBOT wheat futures dropped to their lowest level in over two years while pressures on oilseeds markets have only been enhanced by the fall in crude oil

The British Society of Plant Breeders (BSPB) has published payment rates for farmed saved seed.

Where crops have been planted into cloddy seedbeds, slug risk will be high and potato producers are urged to protect against the pest as soon as tubers reach golf ball size.

Government needs to act swiftly to extend parallel imports and permits for plant protection products until a proper regulatory process is in place, with the NFU warning the industry is running out of time.

Maize and fodder beet growers are being urged to complete a survey about the impact of the loss of important seed dressings.

With weather constraints making T0 applications challenging across the country, Hutchinsons provide some key take-home messages for barley growers.