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Phew, I knew there had to be a reason for applying glyphosate, glad that is cleared up, thanks Rothamsted: Abstract We model the impacts of discontinuing glyphosate use and replacing it with cultural control methods. We simulate winter wheat arable systems reliant on glyphosate and typical in...

https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/648/horticultural-sector-committee/news/198256/future-of-horticulture-sector-looks-bleak-without-urgent-steps-to-safeguard-its-future/ Horticulture, the vital £5 billion industry focussing on fruit, vegetables and ornamental plants, is at a crossroads...

EU votes today on glyphosate: https://www.euractiv.com/section/agriculture-food/news/glyphosate-renewal-a-round-up-of-how-eu-countries-plan-to-vote/

This is just too much, couldn't we have just a little bit of sun and warmth? Bonn and Geneva, 27/07/2023 (Copernicus and WMO) - According to ERA5 data from the EU-funded Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), the first three weeks of July have been the warmest three-week period on record and...

Photo ID needed to buy AN this autumn The Control of Poisons and Explosives Precursors Regulations 2023 introduced new substances to the lists of regulated explosives precursors and poisons. Offences relating to the acquisition, importation, supply, possession and use of the following...

First Kent, now Hants: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/colorado-potato-beetle-confirmed-in-hampshire#:~:text=In%20the%20past%2070%20years,were%20eradicated%20shortly%20after%20detection.&text=Notes%20to%20editors%3A,in%201811%20in%20the%20USA. Apparently first breeding in the UK since 1977 -...

Relay cropping in SW France - interesting, area of cold winters, hot summer, very high light levels so one for Isle of Wight rather than Isle of Axholme: The interest in agroecological practices such as plant cover (setting up a short intercrop between two cereals or a long intercrop between a...

According to the Met Office: “While the UK has always had periods of warm weather, what climate change does is increase the frequency and intensity of these warm weather events, increasing the likelihood of high temperature records being broken, like we saw for 2022’s annual temperature for...

Meatless Farm set to enter administration as all staff made redundant

I guess few will disagree with this? Is British farming facing an existential crisis? By Kevin White7 May 2023 The Grocer The UK’s self-sufficiency is ‘slipping’, with many growers reporting receiving minuscule returns. Does Rishi Sunak’s emergency summit signal the start of meaningful action...

Towards stability of food production and farm income in a variable climate The analysis showed variability in temperature and rainfall reduced the stability of farm income and food production. [ya don't say!] However, farms with a greater variety of crops and/or livestock showed greater...

Here is something to cheer you up (not that that will ever happen) on a wet cold Friday: https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/lifesci/wcc/industry/growingbritish/97730_growing_britain_brochure_40pp_a4_aw_web2.pdf Growing British – backing UK production would add an extra £0.5 billion in direct GDP...

Washington state university, USA: 4 years of trials in potatoes testing 27 non-traditional treatments involving 32 products (inc. seaweed, humic acid) and finding no yield or profit differences from grower standard practice for any of the treatments. "Snake oil" is listed in the keywords...

Was at Fruit Focus yesterday and heard about low ground pressure tyres for vineyard tractors where you really don't want to compact root run - they apparently can be deflated so half the tyre widens out to spread the weight and other part of the tyre is able to function normally. Obs vineyard...

What a lovely idea, which I know, will be hugely popular with the TFF: ‘The new agricultural-payment regimes in England and Wales provide a perfect opportunity for farmers and landowners to give public access a leg up.’ So declared our chairman, Phil Wadey, [Open Spaces Society] in his keynote...

Cut back on rice and pasta for potatoes, a great source of vitamin c, high quality protein, low fat levels and almost all grown in Britain. .

Interesting that no mention of soil moisture factor: The total weight of laden combine harvesters has increased nearly 10-fold, from around 4,000 kg in 1958 to about 36,000 kg in 2020 (SI Appendix, Table S1), with wheel loads of the front axle increasing from 1,500 to 12,500 kg (SI Appendix...

A new arable income stream perhaps: Achieving national targets for net-zero carbon emissions will require atmospheric carbon dioxide removal strategies compatible with rising agricultural production. One possible method for delivering on these goals is enhanced rock weathering, which involves...

All frozen and fresh veg that would normally cost £1 or under, such as a kilo of onions, will instead be 1p from 11 April until midnight on 14 Apr. This is so wrong (not for frozen veg, that is a flavour free zone and 1p is about the fair price) - I hope the public rushes out and buys as much...

Quick question - when does winter end in Lanarkshire? I seldom venture N of the M4 but need to engage some contractors in the region and don't want to sound more of an idiot than usual. I am guessing mid-March. Thanks in advance.