With greater crop diversity needed to help agriculture overcome the changing climate, we investigate how one agriculturalist is safeguarding important plant genetics from extinction
Orange wheat blossom midge and gout eggs spotted in UK cereals
Experts say it appears to be spreading fast and will impact variety choice and disease management across the UK next season
Ongoing dry conditions have resulted in low disease pressures this year however, growers are being urged to remain on the lookout for developing infections
Could new varieties in both Group 3 and soft Group 4 sectors see soft wheats make a comeback on farms?
Company bosses demand Gov takes action to protect 'sovereign capability'
Latest modelling modelling puts spore levels of the UK’s main wheat disease, septoria, above long-term average
AHDB survey offers latest cereals update
As dry weather continues across much of the UK, agronomists are warning barley growers that crops are likely to face greater pressure from stress-related diseases such as ramularia
Syngenta disease expert Joe Bagshaw says it is important not to be lulled into a false sense of security thinking septoria is not going to be a problem, just because it might not be prominent at T2