• Potato prices set to remain strong this season

    Potato prices across Europe are set to remain historically strong as the effect of an increase in plantings is limited by poor weather and grower concerns over profitability.

  • New Scotland area sales manager

    KELVIN CAVE has appointed a new Scotland area sales manager in the shape of Guy Hodgson.

  • EU scientists support neonicotinoid ban

    EU SCIENTISTS have concluded that neonicotinoid pesticides do pose a risk to honeybee populations, as they disrupt the species' life-cycle in 'sub-lethal' ways.

  • Yields down across the board

    PRELIMINARY RESULTS for the Scottish harvest suggest that yields are down across the board – but perhaps not as badly as first feared.

  • Wheat harvest – the post mortem

    AN INVESTIGATION into 'yield issues' in 2012's winter wheat crop has been launched by the National Institute of Agricultural Botany and its consultancy wing, TAG.

  • Fast kill gets potatoes ready for clean harvest

    Speed of total haulm kill will be more important than ever this season, with many potato growers leaving crop desiccation to the last minute in order to maximise yields after the slow start to the season.

  • Plant count seen as crucial to OSR yields

    FOR DAVID Colville the desire to repeat the oilseed rape yields of harvest 2011 have led him to reappraise his management strategy for the crop for this season.

  • Early spray can minimise barley disease loss

    THREE SPRAY programmes are particularly valuable in maximising the performance of spring barley by minimising environmental stresses.

  • Making organic arable work

    THE PRACTICALITIES and economics of organic arable farming are to be examined at the big one-day event dedicated to the sector.

  • Alternaria now hitting potato crops

    ONCE THE domain of oilseed rape, some new work into the control of alternaria in potatoes has shown that it poses considerable risk.