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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.
By Lucy de la Pasture
The wettest March for 40-years and regular showers...
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With previous warnings of an impending ‘sea of septoria’, how are crops faring as the season continues? CPM joins the Bayer Crop Doctor team for an update on the sites and tips for next steps.
By Janine Adamson
For many, a lack of spray...
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Engaging in oilseed rape trials is giving Shropshire farmer, Rob Morgan, risk-free insight into how upcoming varieties could work on his farm. CPM finds out more.
By Janine Adamson
Taking a leap of faith away from a tried and tested...
Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland
Septoria tritici is the most important and damaging foliar disease on winter wheat crops grown in the UK and Ireland.
The pathogen acts to reduce green leaf area for photosynthesis.
It causes significant yield loss every year. It also affects grain...
One of the key questions for farmers today is whether to continue using a plough. Land has been ploughed to grow crops for thousands of years. Arguably, urban societies and civilisation itself, owe their existence to the plough. But ploughing can damage soil structure and biological life. Soil...
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After successive years where March has seen the ground begin to dry out after the winter downpours, 2023 appears to have bucked the trend. CPM met up with the Bayer Crop Doctor team to survey sites around the country and get a feel for the...
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A leaf sampling service is supporting Herefordshire farmer, Mark Wood, to live by his mantra of only treating a crop with what it needs. CPM unpicks the challenges this is helping to tackle.
By Janine Adamson
Sitting in the farm office...
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We can define regenerative agriculture in many ways, indeed many have, but for the sake of a grounded definition let us agree it begins with a focus on the soil being an asset and not a commodity. This is a good start, as...
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The Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Act passed into law, with Defra calling it ‘a major step’ in unlocking growth and innovation in new technologies.
The Act will set in motion changes to allow farmers to grow crops which are drought...
Thirty years ago, Ben Rentsche’s 16,000-acre Iowa operation yielded 150 bushels of corn per acre. Ten years later, yields had grown to 180 bushels. Since 2012, Rentsche has averaged 200 bushels per acre, with his best crop coming in at 226.
It’s a pattern seen on farms all over the world. Each...
Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland
The latest crops update from the College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) in Northern Ireland has confirmed the high cost of fertiliser relative to current grain price.
According to CAFRE crops advisor, Leigh McClean, this means that...
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AgPowered Services from Bayer in combination with the new Microsoft Azure Data Manager for Agriculture provide ready-to-use capabilities.
The post Bayer, Microsoft Launch New Cloud-Based Solutions for Agri-Food Industry appeared first on Global Ag Tech...
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Cabbage stem flea beetle management now requires a multi-pronged approach. CPM reports on an ongoing AHDB project that’s uncovering the best tactics to deploy.
By Adam Clarke
The distress surrounding cabbage stem flea beetle (CSFB) as...
I’m sure like many we’ve used luximo as pre em and now needing to spend more of the profits !!!! On a contact
Used in the past Atlantis -good whilst it worked
Broadway star- now no good here as we have black grass as well as Italian
Proverb- didn’t see much diff if any to Atlantis
Monolith -...
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When grassweeds survive post-emergence herbicides, it’s often assumed that the spray hasn’t worked and resistance may be at play. But recent research shows that application matters just as much. CPM reports.
By Lucy de la Pasture
Two...
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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...
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A new study has compared genomes across 18 strains of the septoria leaf blotch fungus zymoseptoria tritici.
The work has revealed a core set of genes that may offer clues for improved control of this important disease.
These ‘core biology’ gene sets...
A new database of 19 insect genomes encompassing some of the most damaging pests of crops worldwide has been made publicly available. It includes some of the most common pest threats faced by UK farmers including wireworm, cabbage stem flea beetle and pollen beetle, as well as other globally...
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Matching nitrogen rates to defined soil variability is an obvious route to optimise nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) but when that variability exists throughout the field, it’s a more demanding exercise. CPM investigates.
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