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Thinking of going back to 24m from 36m. My boom height control system on my 36m is woeful and needs a big upgrade which is huge money so I’m thinking of going back to 24m which would also allow me to go back to granular fert instead of liquid (I’ve posted a thread on that in the cropping...

Written by Maeve Hennessy from Agriland Ministers are being asked by Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) to consider using residual potato levy funds to support seven industry projects through a grant to GB Potatoes. The recommendation has been made by the AHDB following...

Written by janineadamson from CPM Magazine A new fungicide product and its active substance have received authorisation for use in Great Britain. Syngenta has confirmed that pydiflumetofen, known as Adepidyn technology, has been approved alongside product Miravis Plus – for use on arable crops...

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland The Irish potato industry looks set to enter a new era of blight management as it approaches the 2024 growing season. It is a future based on the set of two active fungicide molecules in combination – and each at full rate – each time a crop is...

NEW SCHEME TO PUT POTHOLES IN THE PAST The scourge of tyre-busting potholes that blight Britain’s rural highways and byways could finally be ending as new plans to incentivise country road repairs by farmers are rolled out. An innovative collaboration between Defra and the Department for...

Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF Seed shortages, mancozeb uncertainty and more resistant blight strains are set to compound the difficulties caused by one of the wettest autumn and winter periods on record. CPM reports. By Rob Jones Potato growers are facing more than...

Have any/many of you diversified with small scale pick your own?? We are going to have a go this year with a pumpkin patch and some sunflowers, but i am keen to maybe try a couple of acres of spuds?? If not PYO, then sold at the farm gate. Haven’t a clue where to even get seed from ( Accept...

Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF After much uncertainty, the HSE finally announced last month that mancozeb doesn’t meet approval criteria and therefore it proposes to withdraw it from use. CPM asks whether the industry is prepared for the impending loss and what can fill...

Coverage of launch of Environment Agency Economic Crime Unit Written by Defra Press Office There has been positive media coverage today after the Environment Agency launched a new Economic Crime Unit to boost its efforts to tackle money laundering and carry out financial investigations in...

Hi there! I am the co-founder of a new startup in Devon that aims to help farmers diversify their income and tackle climate change by planting trees. I am doing some research to understand whether this is something that farmers are interested in and specifically how we could make things...

Any of the collective experienced interference in their legitimate farming activities from the operators of airports close by as in trying to restrict or prohibit grazing on common land and ploughing times on land the airport does not own?

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland Fly-tipping offences in Scotland are now punishable by on-the-spot fines of £500 as new regulations come into force. The new £500 fine is more than double previous maximum of £200. Ministers pledged to increase the penalties in the Scottish...

Personally it's been a total sh!t storm , everything from March went tits up , even now it continues to take Might go on the Wassiel in 2 days , burn a few virgins or whatever they do

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Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF Once every two years, anyone with a serious interest in the potato industry heads to the Yorkshire Event Centre for a specialist trade show. CPM attended BP2023 in Harrogate for insight into the latest sector developments, including what’s...

Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF Once every two years, anyone with a serious interest in the potato industry heads to the Yorkshire Event Centre for a specialist trade show. CPM attended BP2023 in Harrogate for insight into the latest sector developments, including what’s...

Got a bit im wanting to lay as its thin and have been wanting to do a trial bit to see how i get on. Can it be done any time in winter or when is best for maximum success of regrowth?

Well why?

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland The coming weeks will mark the launch of an important new policy paper from the Woodland Trust Northern Ireland. It is entitled ‘Trees and Woods: at the heart of nature recovery in Northern Ireland’. The Trust was represented at the recent Democratic...

Watch this. Very interesting counter arguments to the CC monster.