Talking arable with Alex Wilcox: St Swithun certainly has lived up to his reputation

Alex and Joanna Wilcox live and farm with their three sons at Hill 51AV视频near Downham Market on the Norfolk County Council Stow Estate. Covering 240 hectares of Fen silty clay loam, they grow winter milling wheat, winter feed barley, spring malting barley, spring beans and sugar beet.

Alice Dyer

30 August 2023 鈥� 4 min read

So whilst harvest this year will be categorised as profitable it will also be filed under 鈥榖loody hard work'. The number of times the green machine was caught out in the field by a rogue shower or just...

'I was sick of relying on one active': Why growers are looking beyond blanket slug control

Changing establishment systems, wet weather and fewer chemical options are forcing growers to rethink how they tackle increasingly difficult slug problems.

Ashleigh Ellwood

13 September 2026 鈥� 3 min read

Arable

Slug maps could halve pellet use, SLIMERS project finds

Three years of farmer-led trials have revealed how mapping slug hotspots could allow growers to target control more accurately and potentially cut pellet use by 50%

Ashleigh Ellwood

11 September 2026 鈥� 3 min read

Arable

Wheat price volatility levels are spiking

Get all the latest analysis on the latest trends in the grain markets from Farmers Guardian

Farmers Guardian

10 September 2026 鈥� 4 min read

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