Budget Challenges and High Temperatures Weigh on UK Farms
Insight Focus High temperatures and dryness affect UK farm yields. Aph...
Farmer Diaries (UK): UK Neonics Ban Could Risk Future of Beet Farming
Insight Focus Heavy rains this month have delayed the UK harvest and p...
Farmer Diaries (UK): New Tech Boosts Insights but Yields Falter
Insight Focus New soil scanning and mapping technology will enha...
Farmer Diaries (UK): Hot Weather Increases Beet Disease Risk
Insight Focus The harvest is complete for some crops and the see...
Farmer Diaries (UK): Harvest Ramps Up
Insight Focus This year’s wheat crop is set to be smaller, and p...
Farmer Diaries (UK): High Probability of Yellows Virus Among Beet Crop
Insight Focus Rainfall on the farm has been higher than expected. But ...
Farmer Diaries (UK): Extremely Wet Weather Slows UK Crop Development
Insight Focus It’s been one of the wettest UK winters on record....
Farmer Diaries (UK): Rain Continues To Stall Progress
Insight Focus For the next two weeks, rainfall is expected to be 186% ...
Farmer Diaries (UK): A Rocky Start to 2024
Insight Focus The farm is experiencing heavy rainfall and above-averag...
Farmer Diaries (UK): Heavy Rain Slows Beet Harvest
Insight Focus It’s rained continually in the past 65 days. The m...
Farmer Diaries (UK): A Rainy November
Insight Focus Wet weather slows UK beet harvest. I’m also concer...
Farmer Diaries (UK): Autumn Weather Kind to Beet Crop
Insight Focus Dry weather enables late autumn plantings. Sugar beet ha...
Farmer Diaries (UK): A Very Mindful Harvest Season
Insight Focus Wheat yields are down of the dry June and then the wet A...
Farmer Diaries (UK): Wet Soil Risks Harvest Delays
Insight Focus It’s been cold and wet in the UK. Oil seed rape yields...
Farmer Diaries (UK): Harvest Time Arrives
Insight Focus Hot dry June helps start of harvest. Forage rye already ...
Farmer Diaries (UK): 32 Days Without Rain
Insight Focus The last 4 weeks have been hot and dry. The forecast is ...
Farmer Diaries (UK): Heavy UK Rainfall Boosts Soil Moisture
Insight Focus Drought for UK winter crops unlikely. But cool and wet w...
Farmer Diaries (UK): Heavy Rain Delays Beet Plantings
Insight Focus 70% of beets now planted. Beet sowing should have finish...
Farmer Diaries (UK): Preparing for Sugar Beet Plantings
Insight Focus Heavy rains break drought in the UK. Neonicotinoid insec...
Farmer Diaries (UK): Preparing For 2023’s Beet Crop
Insight Focus Low UK rainfall has allowed first applications of nitrog...
Farmer Diaries (UK): December Freeze Harms Beets
Insight Focus Freezing temperatures in December may have adversely aff...
Farmer Diaries (UK): Snow Forecast as Beet Harvest Continues
Insight Focus After mild conditions in November, snow is forecast for ...
Farmer Diaries (UK): Kind Autumn Weather
Opinions Focus Recent weather in the UK has been beneficial: warm and ...
Farmer Diaries (UK): Sugar Beet Harvest Starts Soon
Opinions Focus We start harvesting sugar beet next week. UK & EU f...
Farmer Diaries (UK): UK Crops Struggle After Dry Summer
Opinions Focus Maize harvest brought forward; yields poor. Sugar beet ...