Agrovista will have seed from its first Sprinter – winter or spring – wheat variety ready for drilling from this autumn. Sprinter wheats, bred by German breeder Strube – part of RAGT Seeds since September 2024 - are genetically...
AHDB Cereals and Oilseeds
AHDB downgrades winter crop condition ratings
The latest AHDB Cereals & Oilseeds combinable crop development report warns that the prolonged dry weather during May has significantly affected both winter and spring crops in the UK, although there may be some respite from this...
DSV Arlington gains full Group 1 status
DSV UK wheat variety Arlington, previously listed on the AHDB Recommended List (RL) as a provisional Group 1 for 2026/27, has now gained full approval and is officially confirmed as a UKFM Group 1 milling wheat. “Arlington is a...
New director for AHDB Cereals and Oilseeds
Anthony Hopkins is to be the new AHDB Cereals and Oilseeds Sector director, effective from 29th June. He succeeds Sarah Woolford who took up the role in September 2024 and has now left the AHDB. Mike Gooding, AHDB’s farming systems...
Growers warn over cost of SPS PPP alignment
Any immediate or retrospective alignment of the British plant protection product regulatory regime with that of the European Union under the Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) negotiations within the government’s EU Reset process could...
New nitrogen efficient fertiliser from OCI
OCI Nitrogen has launched Dynamax, a fertiliser designed to improve nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) with the addition of sulphur, onto the UK market. The company says that Dynamax benefits from a balanced combination of 27% nitrogen...
