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Cereals event in the UK to go online for 2020
Cereals – The Arable Event – in the UK is set to go online. A statement from the organisers read:...
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Agri-Business
AHDB announces its first strategic cereal farm for Scotland
Scottish Arable Farm of the Year finalist, Balbirnie Home Farms at Freuchie in Fife, has been selected to be the...
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Are risk-based sclerotinia sprays good for the bottom line?
Information on oilseed rape growth stage, sclerotinia pressure and weather-based infection risk, can help reduce sprays and improve spray timing,...
Agri-Business
Grain price: In the green
Grain markets were, for the most part, in the green this week. LIFFE, MATIF and Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT)...
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It's official: Plants can tell the time
Research carried out at the UK’s John Innes Centre has confirmed that plants have a circadian clock, similar to that...
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Black-grass is costing UK agriculture £1 billion per annum
Research by Rothamsted has helped put an economic figure on herbicide resistance in black-grass, the farmland weed that is decimating...
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Plant counts a help in making agronomic decisions
Plant counts are a very useful task to carry out. At this time of the year – and in a...
Agri-Business
Grain price: Wheat price looks more positive at weekend, but OSR falls
Grain prices fell this week across global grain markets, but showed positive signs on Friday afternoon, March 13. While wheat...
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Concept autonomous guided vehicles designed for UK horticultural businesses
A new autonomous guided vehicle is being developed that could help transform the horticultural sector and help tackle the labour...
Agri-Business
Scotland granted deorgation on 2020 3-crop rule
Growers in Scotland have been granted a derogation to the crop diversification requirement of the Basic Payment Scheme for 2020....
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The soil beneath your cover crops
Cover crops play an important role in protecting our soils. On a cold and wet day in February agronomist, Robbie...
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New pathotypes add further complexity to wheat rust population
Recent changes to wheat rust disease resistance ratings might be associated with new pathotypes that have unique patterns of infection....
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Eustice denies 3-crop derogation but pledges 'bonkers' rule won't stay for long
Defra Secretary George Eustice has denied growers an exemption to the three-crop rule despite news England received over 200% of...
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Wheat quality in the spotlight at the AHDB Milling Wheat Conference
The importance of the supply chain working together, particularly during this challenging growing season, was highlighted at this year’s AHDB...
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Mildew control: Tern makes a return
With the exit of fenpropimorph from the market, there is an opening in the mildew control market. At a recent...
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Mildew control: Tern makes a return
With the exit of fenpropimorph from the market, there is an opening in the mildew control market. At a recent...
Agri-Business
Grain price: Wheat drifting downwards
Wheat prices drifted downwards this week on LIFFE, MATIF and Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) markets. In fact CBOT wheat...
Agri-Business
Grain price: Wheat drifting downwards
Wheat prices drifted downwards this week on LIFFE, MATIF and Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) markets. In fact CBOT wheat...
