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Download PDF The threat from virus yellows is a very real one this season after a mild winter and spring. CPM finds out what the virus forecast is and the limited strategies available to reduce its potential effect on yields. The exceptionally mild winter significantly increased the risk of infection. By Lucy de la Pasture and Rob Jones The potential threat posed by viruses is very much in mind at the moment and for sugar beet growers, virus yellows has once more become a...
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Download PDF Since blight became an even more aggressive disease, it’s become the norm to start blight programmes early and keep spray intervals tight. CPM gathers some views on where best to target blight products during the crop’s growth. 36_A2 is a different beast. By Lucy de la Pasture and Rob Jones In many ways it seems as though little has changed in the seasonal battle with late blight (Phytophthora infestans). While that may not actually be the case, where growers...
Written by Jamie Day
The UK’s largest arable marketing business Frontier Agriculture, a joint venture between AB Agri and Cargill, saw profits and sales rise in the 2018/19 financial year. The company made an operating profit of £34.3 million on revenues of £1.65 billion in the year ended June 30th 2019, compared to £30.3m and £1.49bn in the previous […]
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Written by Iain Hoey
Goodyear Farm Tires, which returned to the UK and European markets in 2019, has staged a virtual vintage tractor show during lockdown. A social media call for participants led to around 40 farmers submitting videos and tractors of their vintage farm machinery
A three-minute montage was created, with more than 20,000 people viewing it inside the first 48 hours.
Lindsay Hart, european tyre sales director for Titan International, said: “We are living through an...
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Download PDF Tailoring inputs to crop requirements makes sense, but how you can you tell what value it’s delivering? CPM talks to two growers taking part in on-farm trials who are determined to pinpoint the benefits. Aspects of precision farming may be precise, but they’re currently far from an exact science. By Tom Allen-Stevens and Rob Jones Even the most proficient users of precision farming technology will probably admit they’re not getting the best out of it. For two...
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The NFU is seeking urgent discussions with Defra about the future of oilseed rape (OSR) in Britain. It says the ban on neonicotinoids has meant growers can no longer control cabbage stem flea beetle populations, which are devastating the OSR crop across the country. The Union is calling for Defra to work with industry on […]
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Life Scientific has introduced Oraso Pro and Esker, two off-patent prothioconazole and tebuconazole fungicide mixtures, to the UK market. The launch follows the presentation of the Irish crop protection company’s first off patent prothioconazole fungicide, Aurelia, earlier this year. Oraso Pro contains 125g/l prothioconazole and 125g/l tebuconazole, whilst Esker contains 160g/l prothioconazole and 80g/l tebuconazole. […]
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Agricology, the sustainable farming knowledge exchange partnership, is enhancing its online resources to help farmers and their advisers isolated through COVID-19 control measures. The lockdown has seen the cancellation of the traditional programme of summer farming events, from the Cereals and Groundswell events, county shows and a wide range of company demonstrations, to organised farm […]
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Agricultural services firm Wynnstay has announced the appointment of David Howard as its new head of dairy services.
Overseeing the team of specialists, Mr. Howard will be responsible for driving a new strategy for Wynnstay’s dairy services, while continuing to provide the best advice, support and products for customers.
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Howard joins the company having worked in the UK ruminant feed industry for over 12 years, following studying at Harper Adams...
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Download PDF A farm in Northants has not only achieved measured success in its quest to boost biodiversity and reduce its carbon footprint, it’s been a demonstration site for policy-makers. CPM finds out. It’s in their DNA to look after the farm’s biodiversity. That’s a very compelling story. By Tom Allen-Stevens One day in spring 2012, a number of key figures in environmental policy met at The Grange, Mears Ashby, Northants, to discuss plans for a new Countryside Stewardship...
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Download PDF In the first of a new series exploring the research into today’s major issues that’s tracking the path to tomorrow’s innovations, CPM looks at the soil, and unearths some eye-opening new data. By Tom Allen-Stevens Agriculture’s direct relationship with ecology and the climate should be a core consideration for an industry that seeks to be successfully sustainable. That’s the view of Jonathan Halstead, head of Syngenta north-west Europe. “At a time of seismic...
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Download PDF Can plant genetics deliver to growers the tools required against cabbage stem flea beetle? CPM explores the progress made in pursuit of traits that offer crop resilience. It’s an evolving trait, but it’s already evident in some of our leading varieties through their vigour. By Tom Allen-Stevens It may be frustrating that growers no longer have the chemical solution to protect their crops from cabbage stem flea beetle. But the genetics are now stepping in to fill...
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A new report from the Food Foundation has revealed that veg box schemes across the UK have doubled the number of boxes sold weekly as a result of coronavirus.
Weekly sales of veg boxes have increased by 111% in the six weeks between the end of February 2020 and mid-April 2020. With an estimated 500 veg box schemes operating in the UK prior to the outbreak, an estimated total of 3.5 million veg boxes have been delivered to households over the last six weeks.
The demand...
Written by Alistair Driver
African swine fever (AFS) has been reported in India for the first time, according to Indian media reports.
The devastating pig disease has been detected in two north eastern states, Assam, where it has killed around 2,500 pigs across 306 villages in six districts, and Arunachal Pradesh, according to Indian media reports.
The reports the suggest the virus had been present for some time before the disease was confirmed.
The Assam state governments had decided to...
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Download PDF Soil communities play a vital role in maintaining soil health, but are we any closer to finding out more about the make-up and function of the microbiome in the mysterious world beneath our crops? CPM gets an update from the Soil Biology and Soil Health Partnership. Our target is to make sure the work is joined up from laboratory to the spade. By Lucy de la Pasture Three years ago, an exciting new project was launched to address the knowledge gaps in soil health...
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Growers of Dekalb hybrid OSR varieties which fail to establish this autumn will be credited with £100/bag under the enhanced Establishment Scheme introduced by Bayer for 2020. Charlotte Cunningham reports. Building on the initiative piloted last autumn, the 2020 scheme offered through participating distributors will compensate growers for any crops lost by 31 Oct. Centred on Dekalb’s DK Exstar, the scheme will also extend to DK Extremus and DK Excited. “All...
Weed pressure could increase in south east following dry spell
A prolonged period of dry weather coupled with a significant switch to spring cropping is causing weed control programmes to change for farmers in south east England.
Torrential winter rain led to a huge shift away from winter crops and delayed the important fieldwork that is traditionally carried out early in the year.
Where the region’s farmers have managed to apply the residual herbicides that traditionally suppress...
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Download PDF In light of increased cabbage stem flea beetle damage and a significantly reduced oilseed rape area nationally, protecting yield is a key priority this year. Our uniquely formulated pod sealants provide a solution to help growers protect yield and maximise a crop’s gross margin potential. Getting oilseed rape crops through to this point in the season has been a tortuous journey for many. CPM finds out how applying a pod sealant can reduce the chances of falling...
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Download PDF The loss of neonicotinoids has added insult to injury for growers struggling with TuYV pressures, meaning varieties with “built-in” resistance are more important than ever. CPM tracks the journey of one breeding programme, from lab to field. More than 10 years ago, our breeders estimated that the TuYV could become a major threat to OSR. By Charlotte Cunningham Turnip Yellows Virus – carried by the peach-potato aphid (Myzus persicae) – has long been the arch...
Government support for environmental charities during coronavirus
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There was coverage over the weekend in the Telegraph and BBC Breakfast reporting on calls for the government to do more to help the environmental sector during the coronavirus pandemic.
The Telegraph carried comments from the National Trust’s Director General calling for increased support for the environmental sector, and BBC Breakfast interviewed the Chief Executive of the Wildlife Trusts who...
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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.
Discussing direct drilling wheat, Oil seed rape growing in the UK, Fendt 724 tractor and his Sky Easy Drill.