Cereals

With barely crops forecasted to grow rapidly over the next few weeks, the timing of T2 (GS39-45) spray applications will be critical for both PGR and disease management to effectively mitigate against the risks of big canopies, crop production specialists Hutchinsons have warned.

To broaden the range of tools available to growers, crop protection company Adama has added two plant growth regulator (PGR) active ingredients – rinexapac-ethyl and chlormequat – to its expanding range of agrochemicals.

Following a mild winter that may have caused the disease to set foot in winter wheat, growers are being urged to stay alert for yellow rust alongside Septoria tritici at the upcoming leaf three (T1) spray timing.

A staple event in the farming calendar, Cereals brings some of the most cutting edge research and development, machinery and knowledge to arable farmers and agronomists.

Early bird tickets for Cereals 2023 are now on sale, with 50% of the proceeds going to the Multiple System Atrophy Trust, a cause close to the host farmer’s heart.

Findings from a three-year nitrogen (N) efficiency trial have been labelled as a ‘potential game changer’ for growers looking to enhance farm sustainability and variety performance while reducing the overall cost of N inputs.

A mild winter, forward crops and good conditions for sprayers to travel have conspired to offer many arable farmers an early opportunity to get ahead with weed control.

AHDB has produced its latest Agri-market Outlook, which explores the factors likely to affect farm businesses.

A crop of DSV Champion winter wheat grown by UK producer Tim Lamyman has been pronounced the official Guinness World Record for wheat yield, beating the existing record of 17.40t/ha achieved in New Zealand in 2020.

The Mecmar mobile drier is the latest addition to Ian and Tom Jackson’s grain drying plant at Bowsden West Farm and has been key to saving valuable man hours during harvest.

AHDB’s online edition of the Recommended Lists for cereals and oilseeds (RL) 2023/24 may feature fewer new varieties than previous Lists, but some of the newcomers deliver large yield increases, especially in barley and oilseed rape.

Firefoxx, a high-yielding spring malting barley with early maturity, bred by Elsoms-Ackermann Barley, has received full approval for malt distilling use by the Malting Barley Committee (MBC) confirms Paul Taylor, Head of Agriculture at Elsoms Seeds.