CropTec to go digital
CropTec organiser AgriBriefing is to move the November event online, following the latest Covid-19 restrictions. AgriBriefing has announced today that the 2020 CropTec show will be held online on the 24th, 25th and 26th November 2020. As recently as July, the company...
Blockchain for gluten-free Scots oat supply chain
Six Scottish farms have collaborated on a project to develop Scotland’s first assured gluten-free oat supply chain. Although oats are naturally gluten-free, the group realised there was no scheme to guarantee that oat storage and milling facilities had not been...
Currency factors dominate UK wheat market
Currency - with a sharp fall in the pound driven by Brexit politics, followed by a limited recovery - is the dominant factor in the domestic wheat market at the moment. “You’ve got to be a currency trader to make this one work at the moment,” Stuart Attridge, trader...
LG extends Maize Manager
LG Seeds has revised and extended its Maize Manager app so it can be used to help growers and their agronomists with decision making at all the key stages of the crop. The company says Maize Manager, which is subdivided into four sections, is designed to be quick and...
Crop nutrient analysis from NRM
NRM Laboratories, part of the Cawood Scientific Group, has launched a new grain nutrient content testing service, Grain-Check, to help growers identify the next season’s crop nutrition needs. The service, covering cereal, oilseed and pulse crops, compares nutrient...
Virus Yellows compensation in new sugar beet contract
British Sugar and the NFU have agreed new one and three-year sugar beet contracts for 2021 and 2021-23. For the first time there is compensation for Virus Yellows disease loss and a pilot project to link returns to sugar futures prices. The base contract prices are...