Agri-Business
Househam sprayer operators to ‘travel in Claas’
Househam, the UK based manufacturer of self-propelled sprayers, is to equip its mid-range machines with the X10 cab from Claas....
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Scottish growing sector faces pros and cons due to mixed weather
Following an exceptionally dry spring in 2020, many were hoping for a more ‘normal’ spell of spring weather in 2021....
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Trials officer wins highly respected BASIS award
Trials officer and trainee agronomist at Procam, Jodie Littleford, has been awarded the esteemed Barrie Orme Shield for excelling in...
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Insecticide gets emergency authorisation for sugar beet
HSE has issued an emergency authorisation (EA) for the use of InSyst (acetamiprid) on sugar beet. It permits one application...
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Using new technology to fill feed gap
Plant breeders Germinal are using new technology to help fill the feed gap, as spring 2021 has been another cold...
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Don’t let this year’s weather impact your silage quality
Despite the wet weather so far this month, the cold nights and dry, sunny days experienced in many parts of...
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Use of the Crawler herbicide will be banned by November 2022
Oilseed rape growers have been dealt a blow, following clarification from the CRD (Chemicals Regulation Division) that ADAMA’s carbetamide-based grass...
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Is effective control of take-all within our grasp?
Take-all is the most damaging root disease of wheat worldwide, with losses estimated at between 5-20% annually in the UK...
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How to save downtime when replacing belting on balers
By Chad Haugen, senior engineer at WCCO Belting Purchasing replacement parts for equipment today may seem far more complicated than ever....
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Dry and cold weather hampers early first-cut silage
Grass growth has been severely hampered by the lack of rain and cold nights for many farms across the UK...
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New international partnership established to combat weeds
An international group of scientists and industry professionals, including Rothamsted Research, has launched an ambitious new project to combat weeds...
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Performance data for new wheat fungicide released
The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) has released UK fungicide performance data for a newly authorised wheat product in...
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Rothamsted Research gives gene editing the ‘thumbs-up’
Rothamsted Research has submitted its responses to the UK government’s consultation questions on the regulation of gene editing (GE) technologies....
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Recent cold spell delays maize planting across the UK
Average soil temperatures are too low for maize planting just yet, warns Simon Preece of Corteva. He said that the...
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Learning to maximise soil health at Cereals
Soil is one of our most valuable assets, and soil health can be a key element in the fight against...
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Organic fertilisers found to reduce risk of foodborne pathogens on arable crops
Research carried out in the U.S. has found that manure does not promote pathogen survival - and may even promote...
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The role of potash in frost resistance
With the cold conditions that have impacted land of late, and more of the same to come next week, it...
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Foliar application boosts zinc content of wheat by 50% – UCO research
A team from the Department of Agronomy at the University of Córdoba (UCO) in Spain has demonstrated, through field tests...
