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Yorkshire Post interview with Sir William Worsley Written by Defra Press Office Today’s Yorkshire Post carries an interview with Sir William Worsley, chair of the Forestry Commission. Coverage of the interview leads on Sir William’s calls for more forestry workers to be trained to help meet the new tree planting target of 30,000 hectares per year, across the UK, by 2025, as recommended by the Committee on Climate Change. The article notes that currently 58% of woods in England are...
Written by Matt Hopkins Now is the time to start using digital tools to digitize your ag data, improve your digital collaboration, and create superior data visibility for your farming partners. The post 3 Ways COVID-19 Is Pushing Ag Data Transformation appeared first on PrecisionAg. Continue reading on the Precision Ag Website...
Written by Matt Hopkins Make each and every choice on your farm a strategic one using VR technology with customized fertility and seeding plans to meet your farm’s production goals now, and for the future. The post Variable Rate Technology: Make the Most Out of Each Farmable Acre appeared first on PrecisionAg. Continue reading on the Precision Ag Website...
Written by Matt Hopkins After scanning a barcode at Indonesian coffee chain Blue Korintji Coffee, paying customers can identify the farmer who […] The post Blockchain Set to Power Asia’s Farmers appeared first on PrecisionAg. Continue reading on the Precision Ag Website...
Written by cpm Download PDF There’s a range of tactics currently under investigation to determine the best way to keep cabbage stem flea beetle from taking up residence in your crop of oilseed rape. CPM gathers the latest thinking. We have to get the crop established, but it also needs to be profitable. By Rob Jones For many growers, it was the 2018/19 season that showed them they were fighting a battle against cabbage stem flea beetle on two fronts – managing the pest relies on limiting...
Written by John Swire An arable farmer has invested in a 2000 cubic metre slurry bag tank to work collaboratively with a local pig farmer. The Albers Alligator tank has integral hydraulic stirrers, fill and empty pipes and is self-venting. It has the optimum capacity for north east farmer Nigel Jackson to store enough nutrient rich pig slurry to cover 200 acres of his farm each year. “This means I can cover the whole 500 acre farm in two and a half years, and the slurry is free, which will...
Written by John Swire Wyke Farms, the UK’s largest independent cheese producer and producers of renewable energy today announce their working partnership with Westland Cheese. The Westland / Wyke Farms partnership was developed following a market prioritisation study to identify key areas with biggest potential. The study covered global macro trends, key industry, market, trade and societal drivers in the international cheese market. Through the study, Holland and Germany were identified...
Written by John Swire £10m available from the Woodland Carbon Guarantee’s £50m pot for farmers and land managers to create new woodlands to help tackle the effects of climate change. Applicants must apply by 5 June to qualify for the next auction starting on 8 June. Given the current situation, the deadline to apply will be kept under review. Scheme gives land managers the option to sell Woodland Carbon Units to the government at a guaranteed price which is protected against inflation...
Written by cpm Download PDF With more and more OSR crops falling victim to the adults or larvae of this voracious pest, is there a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel? CPM catches up with the research to date. There’s no huge benefit in increasing the seed rate. By Lucy de la Pasture Scientists have been frantically playing catch-up with cabbage stem flea beetle (CSFB) as they seek to find cultural methods to curb their activity. The process has moved from finding agronomic factors...
Written by cpm Download PDF Is your spray water working for or against you? CPM takes a look at water quality, how this can affect spray efficacy and what can be done about it. Improved efficacy of up to 10% can be achieved. By Rob Jones Getting the most out of contact herbicides has rarely been more important than this spring after an autumn during which opportunities to apply residual herbicides were few and far between. That means optimizing the efficacy of herbicides will be key, says...
Think long-term for effective aphid control in brassicas Following the loss of several key active ingredients, a long-term approach to aphid control is now required to help brassica growers overcome this persistent pest. With thiacloprid revoked from February 2021, and pymetrozine also missing from the armoury, a fully integrated approach to pest management becomes ever more relevant. “We need to plan now for life with only a few products that have knockdown effect, particularly as...
Written by cpm Download PDF New research is shedding light on how exactly Ascophyllum seaweed products are affecting natural plant processes so that the potential of these biostimulants can be unlocked in modern crop production systems. CPM reviews the results. A significant helper to the plant’s own natural defences. By Lucy de la Pasture Seaweed products aren’t something new, they’ve been applied to crops for millennia because of their well-known beneficial effects. In the modern era of...
Written by John Swire Millions of people have had to cancel their Easter holiday plans because of coronavirus. The Country Land and Business Association (CLA), which represents 5,000 rural tourism businesses, is urging them to re-book cancelled holidays in the UK once it is safe to do so. Choosing a ‘staycation’ is not only greener but is a great way to support the local economy. Rural tourism is worth £18.5 billion a year to the economy and employs over 600,000 people. Yet, almost...
Written by cpm Download PDF A group of Sentry Farming growers meet regularly to discuss how to improve prospects for their wheat crops. CPM visits one in the Fens to find out what they’ve learned. One of the best things to come out of the group is the discussion we have. By Tom Allen-Stevens There is a perception that the Yield Enhancement Network (YEN) is a competition between growers to achieve the best yield or the highest percentage of potential yield, from your crop. Ed King is one of...
Written by cpm Download PDF With two decades of breeding behind it, there’s a new contender on the feed barley market. CPM reviews KWS Hawking. It could easily become the leading two-row variety in the short to mid-term. By Charlotte Cunningham It’s been nearly 20 years since Cassia broke the winter barley mould, but now, four generations later, there’s a new horse from the same stable: KWS Hawking, the firm’s latest high yielding two-row feed barley. KWS Hawking is the progeny of a...
Written by Charlotte Cunningham The Forestry Commission has today (14 Apr) announced that £10m will be available in the second auction of the Woodland Carbon Guarantee. Charlotte Cunningham reports. Launched in November 2019, the Woodland Carbon Guarantee is a £50 million scheme that aims to help accelerate woodland planting rates and permanently remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Land managers across England are being encouraged to sign up to the scheme by 5 June, ahead of the next...
Written by Alistair Driver NFU president Minette Batters, on behalf of a number of leading UK farming organisations, has called for urgent action from the Government to back British farmers during the Coronavirus crisis. In a letter to Defra Secretary George Eustice, Mrs Batters said farmers were failing to understand the lack of action from Government to address the significant disruption the industry is facing. She called for the Government to encourage retailers and public bodies like...
Written by cpm For so many reasons, spring 2020 will be one of the hardest to manage in terms of keeping disease under control. CPM joined the Crop Doctors as they took a virtual tour of England’s trial plots. The very fact we’re using the word ‘hope’ is not a good sign. By Tom Allen-Stevens The irony could barely be more pungent: the country’s on lockdown due to the biggest disease threat humanity may have faced in living memory. And it’s hampering the efforts of growers and agronomists...
Written by cpm Traits are increasingly becoming the route through which breeders deliver genetic solutions to agronomic challenges in oilseed rape. CPM explores N-Flex, a new trait from Limagrain designed to help optimise nitrogen inputs. The trait is becoming the standard ideotype for assessing an OSR variety. By Tom Allen-Stevens It’s perhaps one of the most frustrating aspects of growing oilseed rape. You’ve given the crop everything it could possibly need at the right time, yet still...
Olive oil industry under increasing threat from 'olive leprosy' Written by Fiona Harvey Environment correspondent Italian, Spanish and Greek farmers set to lose billions unless drastic action is taken to combat bacterium that has killed millions of trees One of southern Europe’s most important staples, olive oil, is under pressure from a potentially deadly disease that new research shows could infect nearly all of the productive areas of Italy, Greece and Spain. Economic losses could be...

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Tractor Chat #01 - with Direct Driller Magazine Farmer Focus writer Phil Rowbottom


Discussing direct drilling wheat, Oil seed rape growing in the UK, Fendt 724 tractor and his Sky Easy Drill.
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