Tillage
Winter cereals have, for the most part, stood up well to the recent wet weather with palnt numbers high in many crops.
Extreme heat impacting on wheat crops as they reach the flowering stage can negatively impact on final yields.
The Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board (AHDB) is reporting that May-26 UK feed wheat futures have increased slightly
The total availability of wheat in the UK for the 2025/26 grain trading year has been estimated at 16.138 Mt.
In its first forecast for 2026, COCERAL sees the total European harvest for combinable crops coming in at 296.7Mt.
Goldcrop cereal variety manager, John Dunne, is a strong advocate for the use of gene editing as a plant breeding tool
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has released the final estimate of UK 2025 cereal and oilseed harvest.
For decades, boosting photosynthesis rates has been viewed as a holy grail within the world of crop science.
The Agricultural and Horticultural and Development Board (AHDB) has launched its 2026/2027 recommended lists of cereals and oilseeds online.
The Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board (AHDB) is projecting a significant fall-off in demand for malting barley.
Rothamsted scientists have identified a natural, in-built, defence mechanism against Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus (BYDV).
The latest edition of Teagasc’s 'Tillage Edge' podcast focuses on the outcome of the 2025 harvest and the subsequent autumn planting season.
Irish Seed Trade Association president, Tim O’Donovan, is indicating that the autumn planting season could continue until early December
AHDB is projecting an almost 30% increase in the UK’s planted area of oilseed rape for 2025/26, relative to the previous year
Teagasc has just published its 2025 autumn crop planting estimates in tandem with the end-of-season harvest figures.
Teagasc has just published its 2025 Harvest Report, covering all of the combinable crops grown in Ireland, including oilssed rape and beans
Teagasc is indicating that the area dedicated to hybrid rye in 2025/26 may come in at around 5,000ha: up from the 3,000ha previously recorded
The Irish Farmers Association (IFA) is reporting that Irish wheat and feed barley prices remain in the doldrums.
The Scottish government has published its first production estimates for Harvest 2025, covering: barley, wheat, oats and oilseed rape.
The Department of Environment, Food and and Rural Affairs (Defra) has published the initial grain and oilseed harvest estimates for England
According to the director general of the IGFA, Maeve Whyte, native grain is vital for the country’s feed sector
The Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board (AHDB) has gone public with its final UK Harvest 2025 report.
An international team of scientists has developed a new method to improve the accuracy of gene mapping in complex organisms.
