Arable Farming articles

Recent articles from Arable Farming

Comment: A final farewell.
December 18, 2006... It is with a heavy heart that I have to announce that this will be the final edition of Arable Farming magazine. A `strategic review' of its agricultural portfolio has meant that AF's parent company has decided not to publish the magazine beyond 2006. AF isn't the first agricultural...

CROP COMMENT: NFU explains why farming does matter.
December 18, 2006... A campaign to explain why farming is becoming more, not less, important to 21st century Britain has been launched by the NFU. Entitled "Why Farming Matters", and built around a major report of that name, it is intended to de-bunk the notion that mainstream food production can safely be...

CROP COMMENT: Row erupts over GM spuds.
December 18, 2006... A row has broken out between the NFU and the British Potato Council over its public opposition to the recently-approved trials of genetically modified potatoes in the UK. Defra secretary of state David Miliband gave the widely expected approval recently to BASF's application to begin...

Oat RL offerings bring distinct differences in yield and quality.
December 18, 2006... Winter oat varieties Brochan and Tardis join the Recommended List for 2007/08 offering distinct differences in yield and quality. Tardis has a treated yield two per cent above previous list topper SW Dalguise, with a rating of 103. It is the only variety with 7 ratings for for mildew and...

Cereal antibiotic discovered.
December 18, 2006... Scientists from the Norwich Research Park (NRP) have discovered an antibiotic-producing enzyme in oats that could be used to protect cereal crops from fungal diseases like take-all in the future. Take-all is estimated to affect half the UK's wheat crops costing the agricultural industry...