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London feed wheat futures (May-22) closed at £265.00/t, the highest price in history, due to the conflict in Ukraine

It is estimated around 75 per cent of sugar beet seed will be treated with the Cruiser SB (thiamexotham) seed treatment granted emergency authorisation this season.

The UK Government in England is lagging behind its Welsh and Scottish counterparts with its ‘complex’ farm carbon methodology, sparking calls for investment to improve the framework.

For the first time since 2019, England’s sugar beet growers will have access to the neonicotinoid seed dressing, Cruiser SB (thiamexotham).Ìý

Popular Countryside Stewardship option AB15 two-year sown legume fallow saw a 9 per cent increase in payment rate this year, guaranteeing growers £569/hectare/year for the five year agreement.

Farmers have called it ’the worst harvest season in living memory’

A year on from the overwhelming vote to end the statutory AHDB potato levy, Cedric Porter speaks to the group looking to set up a new representative group for the sector

Growing maize instead of underproductive grass could help farmers improve forage output per hectare and, in doing so, boost profitability and survivability.

AHDB take a look at the knock-on effect on agricultural trade

Commodity markets have continued to rise as Russia invades Ukraine