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Bayer has joined the cross-industry group developing the easyconnect closed transfer system (CTS) in line with CropLife Europe’s commitment to make CTS universally available to European farmers and operators by 2030.

It has been a bumper year for wild oats and an integrated approach to control is needed to get on top of the weed for next season.

Farmers in the Midlands have until September 15 to apply for the final 51AVÊÓƵto Tap scheme, focused on protecting water from metaldehyde.

Researchers working to combat cabbage stem flea beetle have been supported by a fresh injection of funds.

Tortoise beetles have been found in a sugar beet crop in Wissington, Norfolk.

IN GloucestershireÌýwheat yieldsÌýhave made aÌýwelcomeÌýcomebackÌýafter last year’s challenges for Bibury grower Ed Horton, with some fields yielding around double what theyÌýdid at harvest 2020.

Cover crops have had a rocky start in their introduction to some arable systems, particularly where the benchmark for success is a measure of financial return.

Unless a new agreement can be negotiated between the EU and the UK, the trade in seed potatoes either way across the English Channel can be considered to have ceased.

The fungus responsible for light leaf spot, the UK’s most important oilseed rape disease, is becoming increasingly resistant to azole fungicides but not QoI (strobilurin) or SDHI fungicides, according to Rothamsted.

If tempted to drill winter cereals early on the back of two difficult autumns it pays to be aware of yield, weed and disease implications.