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With wet weather and flooding commonplace during the past few months, clubroot zoospores are at high risk of migration. CPM looks at the importance of crop husbandry and on-farm hygiene in preventing the spread of the disease and how this...
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With wet weather and flooding commonplace during the past few months, clubroot zoospores are at high risk of migration. CPM looks at the importance of crop husbandry and on-farm hygiene in preventing the spread of the disease and how this...
Leading independent seed breeder Elsoms Seeds and United Oilseeds, one of the UK’s largest national agricultural co-operatives, are advising growers and agronomists to reconsider new conventional rape varieties in variety selection planning based on their targeted special traits, Agronomic Merit...
Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland
The presence of cereal volunteers or companion plants with oilseed rape (OSR) could lead to a marked reduction in damage caused by cabbage stem flea beetle (CSFB).
This is according to a recently completed Rothamsted Research study.
The results...
We applied avadex and generic liberator at full rate during the first ten days of October, due to rain most days since the crop isn't worth keeping, we want to put some grass in some bits and possibly some of the sfi options, obviously neither probably going to get drilled till beginning of...
My wife and I have had a cold( catarrh) and feel so lethargic for over a month now, every thing is such an effort.
Just wondering if any other TFF members have had or suffering with the same symptoms. We’re taking paracetamols etc but very little effect.
Life goes on but at two speeds , slow...
I'm livid about this, and I hope British Farming Union will hold NFU, RT, AHDB and the other farming unions to account over it.
Read on....
According to F Weekly article, Red Tractor planned to introduce the GFC to help several supermarkets meet their “WWF basket” commitments to source 50% of...
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Is it possible to successfully companion crop oilseed rape to help control cabbage stem flea beetle and claim SFI payments, while keeping weeds firmly under control? CPM investigates.
By Janine Adamson
Planting a companion crop...
Corteva 2023 OSR Survey results and findings
Growers have indicated a preference for longer rotations and a stronger focus on either early drilling, or a flexible approach which prioritises sowing seeds into moist soils wherever possible.
Corteva Agriscience’s survey received 250 replies and...
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The Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board (AHDB) has confirmed that the 2023 grain harvest in Great Britain (GB) is coming to an end, from a cereals perspective.
Only a few crops of very late spring barley and oats in Scotland and the...
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A survey of UK farmers, contractors and agronomists has shown resilience among oilseed rape growers, as risk management strategies continue to evolve.
During the survey, which was conducted by Corteva Agriscience, growers indicated a preference for...
I’ve read various suggestions over the years, but wondering if there is a reliable way to thin out thick and forward rape.
The forwardness doesn’t worry me so much, but it is quite thick. It’s conventional, and the seed rate was kept up to allow for CSFB/slug losses etc, but it ended up all...
Never grown them before, recovering OSR grower. Which is a good winter variety and what seed rate if ploughing or Claydon drilled please? Any other advice welcome.
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Philip Wright, independent soil management expert, meets Phil Vickers, farm manager at Raby Estate, County Durham, one of the largest estates in the UK. The estate is looking to...
Anybody else feel the above?
We aren’t to be problem solvers or wealth creators any more.
No, sit back and let nature take back control. Let it rewild essentially.
Wait for some mystical beneficial force of nature to right all the worlds wrongs.
Wait for “beneficial” insects etc to reduce pests...
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The questions around applying pyrethroid-based insecticides aren’t new, with many feeling their use is severely limited and, in some cases, detrimental. CPM discovers whether they still have a place on farm.
By Melanie Jenkins and Rob...
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