ORGANIC ARABLE FARMING
Sunday, June 15
There are still situations vacant for organic arable farmers, according to the Soil Association, which ran a recruiting drive at the Cereals 2008 event at Leadenham in Lincolnshire this week.

More than 60 per cent of demand for organic cereals is met by imports, said Phil Stocker, the association's director of grower relations.

He said: 'Feed grain and protein crops stand out as major opportunities for growth.'

The Potato Council was also at the show, appealing to cereal farmers to watch out for drift when spraying glyphosate, which has been shown to cause serious damage to potato crops .

Among the commercial exhibitors, Glenside Group held a demonstration of growing wheat, barley and oats.

Nigel Durdy of Epworth, near Doncaster, was named Yorkshire winner of one of the prizes for spraying knowledge.

By yorkshirepost.co.uk

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