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A long-awaited dry spell across much of the country over the last fortnight has meant the spring drilling campaign is well underway, as growers make up for lost time stolen by the wet winter.

A change in regulation for the wheat contaminant ergot will affect how millers treat incidences of the disease going forward.

As soil begins to dry out and conditions come right, sugar beet drilling has commenced in some parts of the country.

It is already transforming the way we farm, but the use of big data in agriculture can aid decision-making, create better business efficiency and uncover hidden truths in your fields. And now it is available all in one place.

Agricultural spray drones could be used as a rapid solution for accurately and automatically disinfecting urban areas contaminated with coronavirus.

With much of the country working from home and most industry events cancelled, BASIS has taken the decision to relax its CPD requirements for Professional Register members.

Balbirnie Home Farms at Freuchie in Fife has been selected to be the first AHDB strategic cereal farm for arable growers in Scotland.

Cereals has been postponed until June 2021, but will instead deliver this year’s event online.

Good bolting characteristics for flexible drilling, beet cyst nematode (BCN) tolerance and a jump in yield are among the traits found in the seven new varieties added to the 2021 sugar beet Recommended List (RL).

The Government has announced it will relax the crop diversification requirements known as the three crop rule for farmers for 2020.