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Warmer temperatures are encouraging aphids to fly, and an increase in aphid numbers is now being widely reported and recorded across the British Beet Research Organisation’s (BBRO) yellow water pan network.

Growers and businesses have formed the Association of Independent Oat Milk Producers in Scotland

May 2021 Arable Farming Issue

June 2021 Arable Farming Issue

June will be a key month for the British potato crop. Across the country, development is late, but warm weather could transform the crop which now has plenty of access to water.

A new study by the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT) has found that a simple field-based monitoring system run by farmers, could help reduce the use ofÌýinsecticide sprayingÌýto tackleÌýBYDV.

A monitor fixed to a crop sprayer prevented the driver from seeing an oncoming cyclist, an inquest heard.

The Government was right to make provision for a temporary and limited derogation for the use of the neonicotinoid seed treatment Cruiser SB on sugar beet for the 2021 season, although the colder conditions of recent months mean it will not be required this year.

It follows the grain merchant entering administration earlier this month

Pulse growers are being advised to familiarise themselves with the symptoms, risk factors and management options for key diseases in peas and beans this season.