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A dry spring followed by plenty of rain meant maize drilling was a game of two halves in 2021, with those waiting to drill early maturing varieties largely rewarded with better crops.

The NFU’s Farmvention competition, aimed at encouraging children to think about the ways they can help farmers look after the environment and tackle climate change, welcomed nine young winners to the House of Commons. Danusia Osiowy reports.

With tight stocks and prices for glyphosate high, Alice Dyer takes a look at how to manage cover crops this season, which have been left lush after the mild autumn.

Managing rising costs, negotiating higher contract prices and the fallout of the vote against continuing the AHDB potato levy were the major topics of conversation as the potato industry gathered at British Potatoes.

The first sclerotinia resistant OSR variety, PT303 has topped the new oilseeds Recommended List with a mean gross output yield of 107 per cent.

Managing rising costs, negotiating higher contract prices and the fallout of the vote against continuing the AHDB potato levy were the major topics of conversation at British Potatoes.

The UK could plant its smallest area of potatoes ever in 2022, making the country more reliant on imports

The Australian harvest is being disrupted by rainfall, a common feature of a La Nina in Australia

While no new malting barleys were added, four new feed varieties came to the winter barley RL.

Additions to the AHDB Recommended List for 2022/23 showcase alternative genetic basis of resistance to septoria, strong all-round disease packages, good grain quality and some flexibility around drilling.