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A late season and favourable pest and disease conditions may make 2023 a challenging potato season. CPM gathers some sage advice on blight and virus control.
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The wettest March for 40-years and regular showers...
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What if growers never needed to worry about BYDV ever again? CPM explores whether that dream could soon become a reality.
By Janine Adamson
Farmers care about the environment and how they’re perceived so resistant varieties are a way...
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Oilseed rape breeding has become integral to managing the risks associated with growing the crop and is helping farmers deal with the challenges they face. CPM explores how stacking multiple traits in single varieties has value on farm...
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Stress is arguably the single biggest risk factor for any barley crop. CPM attended a BASF roundtable to discover why preventing stress in the crop is important and how this can be done while facing numerous challenges.
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Previously we’ve always gone with Amistar and Teb. This year the agronomist has suggested Elatus Era but I’m in two minds because I am aware of it not being a cheap option.
I haven’t priced the two up yet and still busy on other things and I think it’s probably a week away from needing doing...
Brassica growers should look to keep all remaining foliar insecticide options open for the difficult challenges to come through the growing season, advises Syngenta Technical Manager, Simon Jackson.
For most crops, choosing to use cyantraniliprole as a drench during plant raising could leave...
It’s a harvest day in early August at Elveden Farms. An early potato crop is being lifted. Onions are being laid on top of the soil for a few days before being taken in, a way to reduce drying costs and energy use. The main focus of this sizeable modern farm is root vegetables – potatoes...
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Delayed sugar beet planting and slow establishment could increase the risk of virus yellows infection at early crop growth stages, experts warn.
According to Syngenta’s Simon Jackson, young plants with soft leaf tissue are particularly susceptible to...
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Evidence continues to build for the effectiveness of straw mulching to help control potato viruses and with new mineral oil products like Olie-H on the horizon, the UK should soon be equipped with an integrated pest management (IPM)...
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Growing pressure to farm more sustainably and in-line with the environment has meant the buzz around biostimulants has only got louder. CPM takes a look at what some of these claim to do to enhance plant health and crop yields.
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WEATHER AND AGRICULTURE
United Kingdom: driest winter for 30 years
Mar 24, 2023 • 3 min read
Temperatures on average above seasonal norms, a surprising lack of rain during the month of February... The UK has just experienced another remarkable season.
A particularly dry winter
Rain has been a...
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A relatively warm and dry February saw field work resume in earnest. With yellow rust already at uncomfortable levels in some regions and the T0 timing on the horizon, CPM gathers thoughts on disease control at a roundtable event hosted by...
Since its 1st March tomorrow, thought I'd start the next year's worth of sugar beet fun and games 🤦♂️
@Breckland Boy have you started....or finished!! drilling yet?
Morning all, (edited to include links)
I'm sorry not to have been here for a while.
Today we've published some information about what we'll be paying for in the Sustainable Farming Incentive this year, and everything else we'll be paying for through Environmental Land Management schemes.
Here...
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Well I guess it’s time to start another annual thread about how peoples crops are looking at the start of the year.
All pics taken today.
Generally I’m pretty happy at present other than one but of rape that looks a bit thin in places thanks mainly to pheasants🙄
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Sugar beet is threatened by virus yellows, a disease complex vectored by aphids that reduces sugar content. We present an analysis of Myzus persicae population dynamics with and without neonicotinoid seed treatment. We use 6 years' yellow water trap and field-collected aphid...
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