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A dairy and sheep farmer from Somerset has created a social media campaign to highlight the work being done behind the scenes by female farmers during the coronavirus outbreak.

Yellow rust pressure has been rapidly building over the last three weeks with overnight dew and high winds promoting leaf-to-leaf contact.

Unseasonably cold nights were experienced across much of the UK last week, with frosts hitting the south of England and snow falling further north and into Scotland.

EAC Chairman, Philip Dunne MP has voiced concerns that the decision to suspend work on the Chemicals Strategy could disrupt chemical availability once the Brexit transition period comes to an end.

A particularly short flowering period is being seen in some crops of oilseed rape this season, presenting questions over what this could mean for yield come harvest.

Recent rainfall throughout much of the country is likely to cause a flush of weeds, particularly where pre-ems could not be applied because it was either too wet or too dry.

With the 2019/2020 season an example of the extreme weather patterns the UK could be facing in the future, tech companies are working to find new ways of predicting and managing weather risk within the supply chain.

Some welcome rainfall in the UK has continued to influence prices, but in the EU and Black Sea more is needed if yields are not to be downgraded further.

With the prevalence of various blight strains changing year-on-year, Alice Dyer finds out what growers need to know this season.