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Green peer Natalie Bennett has kick-started a Parliamentary battle to put soil at the heart of the Environment Bill.

Research organisations will no longer have to go through the lengthy and expensive process of applying to Defra for permission to carry out field trials of crops produced using genome editing (GE) techniques.

Following the end of the use up period for bromoxynil last month, linseed growers are reminded they still have a means of controlling difficult to control broadleaved weeds thanks to an EAMU.

Bayer’s SpotCheck initiative has opened for the 2021-22 growing season with a new, simplified sample pack request process. Oilseed rape growers and agronomists can request a sample pack direct from Bayer’s website.

Improving silage production as part of setting the farm up for the future has brought multiple benefits for one North Wales dairy farm, including improved cow health.

After a prolonged dry and settled late summer, some soil moisture will now bring a welcome chance for finer seedbed preparation, as well as a boost to residual herbicide performance.

The Government has launched consultations to modernise and simplify water abstraction regulation in England and enhance the Environment Agency’s (EA) powers to protect groundwater resources.

Last month has seen a sizeable chunk of winter sowing completed, with most roughly 40 per cent through their planned winter cropping.

The unseasonably mild conditions for October have presented good drilling conditions across the country, but growers are being warned of higher barley yellow dwarf virus (BYDV) pressure this autumn.

Staying legal and the opportunity to retainuse ofactivesfor longer are good reasons to reduce spray drift. Marianne Curtis reports.