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Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF Despite UK cereal cropping reported to be substantially down this season, growers are advised to not hold out for a price hike when it comes to marketing their grain. CPM finds out why. By Janine Adamson As with most things in life...

Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF With an ever complicated story for potato late blight, optimising tools such as varietal resistance and industry monitoring services could help growers to manage the threat. CPM finds out more. By Mike Abram Varietal resistance to...

Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF A recent study has discovered a species of the phoma pathogen has become less sensitive to azole chemistry. CPM explores the findings of the research and what implication this could have on disease control. By Melanie Jenkins Depending...

436: AHDB Dairy: Understanding Johne's disease Written by Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board Johne's disease is a contagious bacterial infection that affects the intestinal tract of cattle and other ruminants and is most commonly acquired in young animals. In this episode...

Is anyone using any of the new chemistry like Miravis or vimoy.

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland The Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board (AHDB) has confirmed that winter wheat crops are in a very poor state across England, Scotland and Wales. Courtesy of its most recent crop update, the organisation pointed out that, nationally, the...

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland The College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprises (CAFRE) has issued a crop management update, covering cereals and potatoes. Crops specialist, Leigh McClean, said: “Frustratingly, spring weather has limited opportunities to get spray and...

Welcome to Ruminant Health & Welfare While it’s been a busy time on farm for many with spring lambing and calving taking place, the RH&W group working across the four nations continue in our collective efforts to share insights, explore research and progress welfare strategies. I was pleased...

Written by janineadamson from CPM Magazine Oilseed rape growers are being encouraged to inspect for signs of light leaf spot as high levels of the disease are being reported in UK crops. Light leaf spot thrives in cool, moist conditions meaning recent wet weather has contributed to its...

Advice for farmers to ‘ACT’ on BTV-3 Farmers and the industry must remain Aware, apply Caution and use evidence-based Tactics to ACT and mitigate against the latest strain BTV-3. Following a technical AHDB meeting with the support of Ruminant Health & Welfare, Lesley Stubbings, sheep...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland A sheep consultant has warned that trying to control midges is “futile” and is not going to impact the risk of bluetongue transmission. Sustainable Control of Parasites in Sheep (SCOPS) advisor, Lesley Stubbings, said farmers should be aware of the...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland Applications are now open for the 2024 Entrepreneurs in Dairying course, the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) has said. The course is for anyone involved or looking to be involved in the dairy industry, and will commence in...

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland The most recent update from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has confirmed another drop in winter wheat crop ratings. However, according to the Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board (AHDB), the figure is marginal with 49%...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland The 2024 British Pig & Poultry Fair will feature two days of forums, networking, expert advice and new products, organisers have said. The biennial event, which is organised by the Royal Agricultural Society of England (RASE), will take place...

Group of ewes been out 5-6 weeks , good lambs growing well , no issue till now , just got 2 singles in (from 35) with mastitis , same in another group , that damn thunderstorm and cold wet grey day after , anyone else with issue ?

The NFU Red Tractor review is supposedly ongoing if you believe them but why hasn’t the AHDB asked it’s levy payers about Red Tractor? I don’t know any NFU members anymore as everybody has left in disgust. So that means that the AHDB levy payers who are not NFU members will have no say on the...

Seeing a lot in my OSR. Are other people seeing much and are you putting an insecticide in with mid flowering spray?

Welcome to Ruminant Health & Welfare Welcome to the latest newsletter It has been a very busy time since our last update with much planning going on in the background looking ahead to re-starting work on the beef welfare strategy as well as plans to report on the GB calf welfare strategy. We...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) has said cattle prices are being supported by “robust interest” for barbecue-related items ahead of warmer weather. AHDB’s senior red meat analyst, Hannah Clarke, said Great British...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland The New Zealand/EU free trade agreement (FTA) is “unlikely to pose a threat” to UK exports, the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) has said. The FTA, which came into force yesterday (Wednesday, May 1), improves access for New...