UK farming industry struggling to cope with four months of continuous rain
International factors are driving the grain market, with the prospect of more Black Sea wheat and a delayed order for French wheat by the Chinese putting pressure on prices.
Regenerative food and farming business Wildfarmed unveils latest collaboration with Franco Manca food chain
Government figures show reduced production levels across all main cereals for 2023
BBSRC says funding has provided boost for global food security
Several crop pests, including aphids, cabbage stem flea beetle and a less common pest, the lucerne flea, are making the most of the warm weather
Wheat samples are showing variable grain proteins despite average yields
September’s warm, dry start has given growers in Scotland a welcome reprieve in what many had feared could be a poor harvest.
Harvest has ‘limped to a close' in the UK, with a standstill in the grain markets as the industry waits on global news.
With over half of the fungicide-treated Recommended List trials now in, patterns are emerging according to AHDB