Crop Industry News: United Kingdom
23 June 2014
Welsh Action Plan Aims Food & Drink Growth of 30% by 2020UK - In the autumn I outlined my aspirations for the food and drink industry in Wales, writes Alun Davies, Welsh Minister for Natural Resources and Food. ...
19 June 2014
NFU Keen to Work with Government on New Pollinator StrategyUK - The NFU says it is keen to work with government on its new strategy to help pollinators as the first hearing by the Environmental Audit Committee got underway yesterday....
18 June 2014
Does Flood Funding Recognise the Value of Agriculture?UK - The National Farmers Union (NFU) is calling for Defra to act on the recommendations of the Efra Select Committee’s report into this winter’s flooding which severely hit farmland across...
12 June 2014
CEREALS: HGCA Celebrates Ten Years of Exports SuccessUK - HGCA Exports Chairman Mike Hambly and Environment Secretary Owen Patterson celebrated the 10th anniversary of HGCA’s ukp and uks wheat export classifications yesterday, on the first day...
New Machinery Award Winners Announced at Cereals 2014UK - An innovative tractor transmission, a novel bale wrapper, a new seedbed cultivator and an impressive weed imaging spot sprayer have each won a prestigious award introduced at Cereals 2014....
06 June 2014
New 7310R Tractor Makes its Debut at Cereals 2014UK - Featuring a Stage IV compliant engine for the first time on a European John Deere tractor, the new 7310R model with e23 transmission will be making its Cereals Event debut in June....
Farmers, Growers Need Reliable Source of WaterUK - A University of Cambridge report is right to suggest that collaboration is crucial to ensuring the careful management of our water resources – and it is essential that farmers and growers...
Focus on Harvesting Efficiency at CerealsUK - One of the stars of the HGCA stand at Cereals will be a 70 year-old veteran combine harvester....
04 June 2014
Ten Years of ukp and uks Celebrated at Cereals EventUK HGCA’s Exports Team will be celebrating 10 years of its milling wheat export classifications ukp and uks at this year’s Cereals event....
03 June 2014
Packed Conference Schedule at Cereals 2014 UK - Cereals 2014 is hosting one of the widest-ranging conference programmes in the arable farming calendar where some of the most topical political, technical and business issues will be aired....
29 May 2014
Straw from Oilseed as a New Source of BiofuelsUK - The bright yellow fields of oilseed rape are a familiar sight at this time of year, but for scientists what lies beneath is just as exciting....
28 May 2014
New Device to Find Carcinogenic Food Fungus FasterUK - One of the food industry’s major recurring challenges, detecting highly carcinogenic toxins that occur naturally in our most common crops, could soon be solved by ground-breaking research...
27 May 2014
New Manure App to Minimise Losses, Boost ProfitUK - A new mobile app designed to help farmers and growers value the nutrients found in manures to save waste and money has been launched....
Public-Private Research Supports Sustainable Agricultural SystemsUK - A new research initiative has been launched to support projects that will help provide solutions to key challenges affecting the sustainability of the UK crop and livestock sectors. ...
26 May 2014
Wheat Growers Follow Best Practices to Manage Fusarium Risk During FloweringUK - With the period for T3 ear fungicides approaching for more forward crops, wheat growers are being reminded to follow best practice to track and manage fusarium risk during the flowering...
23 May 2014
Listen to Bees to Create Healthy Rural LandscapesUK - Honey bees’ foraging preferences can provide valuable information for governments about how to better manage rural landscapes, say University of Sussex researchers....
22 May 2014
UK Farming Union Presidents Issue Joint Call-to-armsUK - The presidents of the four farming unions have jointly issued a call for farmers to make their voices known at the ballot box today, 22 May....
20 May 2014
Record Number of Renewables Exhibitors to Attend Cereals 2014UK - More than 50 companies involved in the renewable energy sector will be exhibiting at Cereals 2014, a record number for the event....
16 May 2014
Researchers Seize the Black-grass InitiativeUK - The urgent call for solutions to the current UK black-grass management challenge has seen HGCA and BBSRC join forces to co-fund a pioneering new research initiative – and growers are asked...
HGCA Helps Growers Keep on Top of WeedsUK - HGCA has updated two publications so that growers have the most up-to-date information to deal with weeds on their farms....
Farmers Urged to Act as HS2 Deadline Fast ApproachesUK - Farmers and growers are being urged by the NFU to tell Government exactly how they will be affected by the HS2 rail link as the deadline for petitioning the Bill approaches....
15 May 2014
NFU Asks Members to Report Retailers Breaching Supply Code of PracticeUK - Farmers and growers can now make anonymous reports of retailers suspected of breaching the Groceries Supply Code of Practice (GSCOP) through the NFU, thanks to a new scheme....
14 May 2014
Rice Two to Three Weeks Behind in Some Coastal Bend AreasUS - Much of Texas received much-needed rain May 12 -13 —torrential in some cases — greatly benefiting all crops, according to the National Weather Service and Texas A&M AgriLife Extension...
13 May 2014
Grain Haulage Costs Down 1.2 Per Cent, but Costs for Longer Journeys IncreaseUK - Results from AHDB/HGCA’s UK Grain Haulage Survey 2014 show a 1.2 per cent decline in average journey costs, compared with last year’s survey....
08 May 2014
Collaborative Roots Could Reduce Reliance on Phosphorus FertilisersUK - Farmers could improve the efficiency of phosphorus in crop production by coupling plants with complementary traits, which would allow them to harness the ‘phosphorus bank’ already present...
07 May 2014
Feed Adviser Register Goes from Strength to StrengthUK - On 1 May the Feed Adviser Register (FAR), run by AIC (Agricultural Industries Confederation), enters its second year and is going from strength to strength, according to AIC Services Managing...
05 May 2014
Government Ducks Opportunity for 'Much-needed' Biofuels Policy ReformUK - The Renewable Energy Association (REA) is frustrated by the lack of concrete measures to improve the policy framework for sustainable biofuels in Government decisions published last week....
02 May 2014
Focusing on Feed at Cereals 2014UK - At next month’s Cereals, HGCA will have a special exhibit focusing on the importance of animal feed which is the single largest end use from UK arable farms....
01 May 2014
High-yielding Forage Rape Ideal for Boosting Grazing OptionsUK - New onto the official National List for 2014, Avon forage rape offers a significant uplift in dry matter yields (recording 130 per cent of control varieties in National List trials) for...
30 April 2014
Is Collaboration Key to Unlocking Fruit and Veg Potential?UK - NFU President Meurig Raymond will today (Wednesday) explain how retailers and the Government are crucial to ensuring we have a profitable and sustainable horticulture sector in the UK....
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