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Concerns are mounting about the impact of virus yellows on the future viability of the UK sugar beet crop.

In Cambridgeshire, Cassia winter barley yields are looking ‘suprisingly okay’ says Tom Mead of Mead Farms in Foxton.

Thirty-eight per cent of arable soils across England and Wales are degraded according to scientists at Rothamsted Research who have developed a new soil health measure.

The 2020 AHDB Planting and Variety Survey has revealed a large swing to spring cropping due to poor autumn conditions.

A dry spell over the last week has meant combines across the southern half of England are rolling into action after a challenging season for many.

Overall nitrogen rates applied to arable crops saw a 5kg/hectare decrease in 2019 compared with the previous year.

July 2020 Arable Farming Issue