Agronomy and CAP reform dominated the most read stories on Farming Online in 2013.

A major new technology developed by The University of Nottingham, which enables all of the world's crops to take nitrogen from the air rather than from fertilisers was our most read story.

Articles on vernalisation requirements of winter wheat and how wheat responds to water logged soils also featured highly. There were a lot of winter wheat crops sown late this year and the last week of February was the first opportunity for many to catch up on sowing.  That lead to a lot of questions about vernalisation what it meant and how does it work.

CAP reform, unsurprisingly, also captured the news headlines and half of the top ten stories in 2013 were about the Common Agricultural Policy, the reforms and the outcome of the EU votes.

Renewables and sustainable farming also caught the attention of our readers with articles on solar farms, AD plants and mob grazing all featuring in the top stories of 2013.

A selection of Farming Online top headlines in 2013.

N-Fix will transform global food security

What late sown wheat needs to vernalise and flower

UK fined £86 million for violating CAP rules

Further details of CAP reforms released

Further cuts for small-scale solar FiTs

Solar farms offer sustainable grazing opportunities

Sustainable farming

Could mob grazing boost soil health and return cattle to East Anglia?

Soil biodiversity crucial to future land management and response to climate change

EU seed regulations could threaten small growers and plant biodiversity