Why the sudden interest in beans? Why not come and find out and at the same time say "Hello"? Western Arable (your local grain marketing...

Why am I growing, field beans? The reasons are many and varied but like all crops, yield and quality are essential parts of profitability...

Early History. Tusser (1573) wrote that sowing beans was one of the tasks for November as well as for February and March. The omission of...

Today I had a request for 240lt of Glyphosate to be ordered and delivered onto farm. In 2021 a 20 lt drum of 360 gram material could be...

The UK’ governments commitment to reduce greenhouse gasses from agriculture has created debate about the use of urea in UK agriculture....

A programme on the radio talking about “truth” a collection of news items concerning “UFO’s” and recent agricultural presentations I have...

New Year’s Day was some while ago and although the month of January is never busy with field work the days are pretty full with other...

Winter Field beans may be established using one of many different machinery techniques. I have seen many crops that were historically...

Waterlogging remains a significant constraint upon crop yield in areas with high rainfall and/or poor drainage. A yield penalty ranging...

China is where a large proportion of the raw material for the production of Glyphosate originates. According to published data the...

England is NOT part of the EU and consequently has it's our own agrochemicals approval process when it comes to product regulation and...

Looking at these photographs of young seedlings you would be hard pressed to tell which of the legumes this actually is but looking at...

It is amazing what you find when you start field walking. After a crop of Oil Seed Rape slugs are always present in the next crop. In...

We all know that organic manures are good for the soil but how good? Is it measurable and how do we capitalise on such benefits? If we...

The forage maize crop has now been harvested. There are few Farm-Fed Anaerobic Digestors in Gloucestershire and I must admit I am not...

It is always interesting to look at trial results, especially those produced by the AHDB. The yields achieved in the oilseed rape crops...

The price of Nitrogen is still very high but many are now in the process of purchasing for next seasons cropping. Ammonium Nitrate is...

There are 120 variety names on the 2022 / 2023 recommended list for Grass and Clover and only 47 on the AHDB recommended list Harvest...

Today, some countries are just short of food whilst in others food quality is equally or more important. “The Royal Society,” a...

Back to Basics. There are only two items that control yield within commercially grown crops. 1) Light 2) Moisture. You can of course...