A special episode of the Farmers Weekly Podcast – looking at the prospects for oilseed rape growers this spring.
Farmers are returning to oilseed rape – having abandoned the crop due to pressure from cabbage stem flea beetle following the ban on neonicotinoid seed treatments.
Some UK growers are learning to live with the pest, say experts – and high rape prices are helping to offset rising input costs, making the crop attractive again.
We look at the planted area, as well as the prospects for yields and prices.
Interviews and reporting by Hugh Broom and Farmers Weekly arable correspondent Louise Impey.
Presented by Johann Tasker and produced in association with plant protection company Corteva.
The Farmers Weekly Podcast