CropsCumilla farmer's hybrid mustard grows past eight feet
Mustard plants of the hybrid 7712 variety have grown taller than eight feet on Md. Swapan's land in Sawratoli, Cumilla, the first time the variety has been grown in the area.
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AgrotechSeed companies turn to genetics as pesticide options shrink, says Cibus
Cibus is using gene editing in a Defra-backed project with the John Innes Centre to build light leaf spot resistance into UK oilseed rape, as breeders put resilience beside yield.
CropsDry autumn leaves UK crops patchy, with slugs and aphids catching growers out
Agronomists in Farmers Weekly's Crop Watch report protracted wheat emergence, written-off oilseed rape, slug damage in cloddy seed-beds and high aphid numbers as the promised autumn rain fails to arrive.
CropsICAR tests green ammonia in place of urea on 300 acres of mustard in Haryana
Demonstrations in Mahendergarh district, run by the local Krishi Vigyan Kendra, will measure whether liquid green ammonia improves nitrogen use efficiency and returns in mustard compared with urea.
CropsSarson Sankalp to bring regenerative mustard farming to 40,000 Rajasthan farmers
The edible oil industry body SEA, AWL Agri Business, Solidaridad and Bharatkhand Foundation will run a five-year programme in Bundi, Tonk and Jhalawar to improve soil health, water and input use in mustard.
CropsUttar Pradesh targets 510 lakh tonnes of rabi grain with Rs 600 crore seed subsidy
Uttar Pradesh has raised its rabi foodgrain target by 30 lakh tonnes to 510 lakh tonnes and is offering, for the first time, a 75 percent subsidy on chickpea and pea seed plus 4.68 lakh free mustard mini-kits.
CropsLater-drilled oilseed rape out-yielded early sowing in NPZ UK trials
Trials by the breeder NPZ UK and a Lincolnshire grower's experience suggest that winter oilseed rape drilled later in September can survive winter and yield well, provided the variety has strong vigour.
CropsDry weather pushes back phoma in British oilseed rape, AHDB forecast says
AHDB's autumn forecast puts the peak for phoma fungicide treatment in oilseed rape around mid-October, later than in recent years, because many areas had more dry days.
CropsFMC gets British approval for pethoxamid herbicide Koban in oilseed rape
The UK's Chemicals Regulation Division has approved FMC's residual herbicide Koban, based on pethoxamid, for oilseed rape in Great Britain, with cereals expected to follow.
CropsWater hyacinth traps 27,000 hectares of Chalan Beel farmland ahead of the rabi season
Hyacinth carried in by floodwater is stuck in at least 20 beels of Gurudaspur, Singra, Naldanga and Tarash; farmers fear they cannot sow mustard, wheat, maize and garlic unless it is cleared soon.
AgrotechCibus and Crystal Crop Protection to develop gene-edited mustard for India
The US gene-editing firm and the Indian crop company will develop and license edited traits in Brassica juncea, India's main edible oilseed, where yields lag leading producers.
CropsUK harvest: wheat and spring barley yields fall while oilseed rape shines
AHDB's final harvest update puts UK winter wheat at 6.9 t/ha, about 11 percent below the five-year average, spring barley 17 percent below and oats 14 percent below, while oilseed rape averaged 4.0 t/ha, 19 percent above.
CropsBunge will crush BASF's heat-tolerant juncea canola ahead of a 2027 US launch
InVigor Gold, a canola-quality Brassica juncea hybrid bred for hotter, drier ground, gets a processor as BASF prepares first sales in Montana, North Dakota and Washington.