Join us as Ash Ellwood hosts a roundtable discussion with three newly-elected, arable-focused Nuffield Farming Scholars before they embark on global travels to see what agricultural knowledge they can gain from other countries.

Being a farmer comes with the privilege of being a custodian of the land, and a love of the countryside and wildlife is why many farmers do what they do.

Many growers might feel like they have taken three steps back in weed control this year, with grass-weeds seemingly doing particularly well. But what can be done this autumn to get back on top of them?

This month’s CILIH delves into what funding is available from environmental land management to productivity grants, there are plenty of options for arable farmers but join us to find out which options might be worth applying for.

In this episode of Crop it Like it’s Hot, the Arable Farming team delves into the world of water policy, application and economics, to find out: how can we make UK agriculture more water-secure?

Since the Yield Enhancement Network (YEN) was established by ADAS 10 years ago, it has recorded multiple crop world records, droughts, floods and a fertiliser crisis. But all of these events have helped the network to gather important information on how growers can maximise crop production on their land.

Agriculture is both a hard industry to recruit in and a notoriously hard industry to get into if you’re not from a farming background. With the UK facing a cost of living crisis, the prospect of supporting good employees may be daunting, but there are many things farm businesses can be doing to help retain and attract good staff.

The integration of cover crops have been a key ingredient for many farmers in improving the health of their soils and their overall farming system. But they don’t come without their challenges, and ‘getting them to work’ isn’t always as straightforward as it seems.

More businesses are now looking to offset their environmental footprint, and with new laws on enhancing biodiversity for housing developers, there are some interesting opportunities emerging for land managers to make some extra cash.

Economic and environmental drivers continue to put pressure on availability of crop nutrients. As nitrogen prices remain volatile, in this episode of Crop It Like It’s Hot, Alice Dyer explores what is driving fertiliser markets and what growers can expect for prices going forward.

With harvest coming to a very early end for many, and thoughts turning to next season and which varieties to grow, this month’s podcast delves into the world of planting breeding and selection. Podcast host, Alice Dyer finds out more about the challenges that plant breeders face in developing the varieties of the future from one of the country’s most disruptive wheat breeders, Dr Matt Kerton of DSV. The AHDB Recommended Lists, which underpin much of our variety decisions are also moving with the times and adapting to new agronomic, economic, and environmental challenges, as explained by RL manager, Dr Paul Gosling. Meanwhile, Rothamsted’s Sarah Raffan gives an update on how the latest regulations for new plant breeding technology such as gene editing hope to introduce new traits to crops in less time.

Grain and oilseeds prices hit record highs this year as the war in Ukraine halted exports, but as the Northern Hemisphere harvest commences, pressure is being put on prices. In this episode of Crop It Like It’s Hot, three grain market experts offer their advice and the latest insights into where prices might go, what will influence markets going forward and how to mitigate volatility. To get more regular updates, Arable Farming’s weekly grain market newsletter rounds up the views of merchants and analysts across the sector to keep you in the know about global, European and domestic markets. To sign up visit: fginsight.com/more-from-us/more-from-us/keep-an-eye-on-the-grain-market-with-our-weekly-grain-newsletter https://www.fginsight.com/more-from-us/more-from-us/keep-an-eye-on-the-grain-market-with-our-weekly-grain-newsletter

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In this Arable Weed Month special episode of the Crop It Like It’s Hot podcast, Arable Farming journalists Alice Dyer and Mollie Leach delve into the future of sustainable weed management. Weed expert, John Cussans offers an update from the field on how changes in farming practices are influencing current and emerging weed species, while Syngenta's Scott Cockburn digs into the impact of crop establishment practices for effective grass-weed control. From drilling date to careful timing of pre-em herbicide application, Scott offers insight into how integrated weed management strategies are integral in the fight against grass- weeds. From herbicide resistance to emerging chemistry, Ben Giles, Bayer’s commercial technical manager talks us through best practice for controlling ryegrass on-farm and discusses key findings from Bayer and NIAB’s joint ryegrass survey.

Want to know what the most innovative arable farmers plans are over the coming seasons? How they’re tackling the multitude of challenges the sector faces? This is your chance to ask them anything! I’m excited to be hosting a @BFA special of the Crop It Like It’s Hot podcast where I sit down with three past winners of the arable innovator awards. Submit your questions here:

In the final episode of the Crop It Like it’s Hot three part series looking at managing crop inputs this season and beyond, Arable Farming journalist, Alice Dyer hones in on pest control. With insecticides under increasing political scrutiny and some suffering from dwindling efficacy the panel of three expert guests give their views on the future of crop pest management. Tune in to hear what kind of aphid pressure to expect this season from entomologist Dr Alan Dewar of Dewar Crop Protection; how Cambridgeshire arable farmer, Martin Lines successfully eliminated pesticides from his farm eight years ago; and what role biopesticides could play going forward from Harper Adams PhD student, Claire Hoarau.

With the loss of chlorothalonil and epoxiconazole, plus new strains of septoria and yellow rust throwing curveballs for some varietal resistance ratings, keeping crops clean of disease this season could be challenging. In the second of this three part ‘how to’ series, Alice Dyer delves into cereal diseases and hears how we can maximise yield this season without overspending. Always with an eye on the future, we also explore some of the exciting new developments in non-chemical disease control for cereals, including those used by our forefathers like wheat blends, to new technology such as rapid disease detection and biofungicides. Speakers: Dr Aoife O'Driscoll - Specialist in crop protection and agronomy at NIAB Greg Hanna - market development agronomist at Bayer Patrick Stephenson - independent agronomist Ashish Malik - CEO of Bee Vectoring Technology

Season 2 of the Crop It Like It’s Hot podcast is kicking off with a three-part series exploring the emerging advice and developments in managing crop nutrition, disease and pests. The sky-high price of fertiliser has been a hot topic on everyone’s lips, and with the trend of rising input prices looking set to continue, in this hour-long episode Alice Dyer explores how to get the most from your nitrogen. From short-term rate adjustments to ensure the best return on investment, to tissue testing and companion cropping, this episode covers crop nutrition from all angles. Prof Roger Sylvester Bradley, head of crop performance at ADAS. Chris Martin, head of soil health at Agrovista Andy Howard, Kent arable farmer and regenerative agriculture adviser Graham Owen, product manager at Kverneland