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The decision on the future of AHDB Horticulture was now in the hands of Ministers

61 per cent of voters voted against the levy

Winter has been busy this year, although not in the fields thanks to another wet autumn, but due to a relocation.

It is looking increasingly likely that the virus level forecast for the end of February 2021 will be below the threshold for triggering the Cruiser SB (thiamethoxam) derogation in sugar beet, says BBRO.

The next 5-6 weeks will be key to see whether farmers push the seed drill onto every available hectare.

High infection levels of light leaf spot are being seen on susceptible oilseed rape varieties after incubation.

With chlorothalonil (CTL) no longer available for cereal disease control, growers are looking at what alternatives they can use.

With drilling around the corner, Farmers Guardian explores key considerations for spring barley crops this season, whatever the end market.

My list of wishes in my last column didn’t include the biggest flood in the Waveney Valley since 1968, but it happened nonetheless and on Christmas Eve a nearby measuring station recorded its highest ever water level up by nearly 0.5 metres.

Early aphid migration, spring drought and cercospora infection at levels never seen before led to the perfect storm for sugar beet crops in 2020.