Essex grower Ed Ford has switched to spring barley to help him beat blackgrass on his heavy clay land and a new drill is already helping with the transition. The spring crop has replaced poor-yielding ...

Spring barley growers face challenges from dry conditions and fast-growing weeds. ProCam experts share essential tips on timing ...

Cambridgeshire grower Robert Todd is pleased with the yield and quality of his early harvested malting spring barley. It was achieved with the use of liquid fertiliser and conserving moisture at ...

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Growing cereal crops in Scotland has become increasingly "unpredictable and difficult", farming body NFU Scotland (NFUS) has said. It said "unusual weather" had resulted in this year's spring barley ...

PARIS, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Nearly all soft wheat crops in France, the European Union's biggest producer, were in good shape in the week to Feb. 14, farm office FranceAgriMer said on Friday in its first ...

As cereals move into the later stages of growth, crops across the country are showing encouraging signs. Winter crops and early sown spring barley have good potential. However, later-sown spring ...

In many regions of the Earth, agriculture is threatened by a lack of water. Therefore, new plant varieties must be developed that are especially resistant to drought. For scientists at the Max Planck ...