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With black-grass particularly bad in some fields this season following last autumn’s early cereal drilling, Íæż½ã½ã gets a five-point plan for getting on top of the weed.

A new AHDB Strategic Cereal Farm host has been announced for the East, after Brian and Patrick Barker’s six-year tenure as hosts comes to an end.

Every five years, AHDB undertakes a thorough review of how the Recommended Lists are serving growers. Alice Dyer finds out what changes are likely to be made off the back off the latest review.

When evaluating whether a later application of extra N is justified, there are a few things to consider.

Brix, sap or tissue testing: what can plant health testing really tell you? Alice Dyer finds out.

Grazing winter cereals can provide high quality winter forage for sheep, without impacting grain yields, trials have found. Alice Dyer reports.

Establishing a series of on-farm trials has helped one Yorkshire farmer better understand the behaviour of slugs in a bid to tackle burdens in a post-metaldehyde era. Charlotte Cunningham reports.

Simon Nelson advises farmers on a wide range of arable and forage crops across Cumbria, north Lancashire and into south west Scotland. He has worked for Agrovista for 23 years.

With more than a quarter of the 400 exhibitors at Cereals new for 2023, visitors will have the opportunity to explore trade stands, two stages, crop demonstrations and much more. Alice Dyer and Ash Burbidge report.

BASIS implements three changes to NRoSO membership after taking over the scheme from City and Guilds.