The Expression of Interest (EOI) window for the Spring Sown Growing for the Environment opened yesterday and closes on the 18th November 2022. The minimum grant award is equivalent to the payment rate for 1ha of eligible crop,and the maximum grant is £5,000. EOI's must be submitted via your RPW...
A new banana fungus is rapidly spreading across the globe. It hit Africa a decade ago, but now spreads, a genetic study conducted by Wageningen University & Research (WUR) and Utrecht University reveals. They state that the disease poses a threat to Africa’s food security. Plant Pathology...
Written by Charlotte Cunningham from CPM Magazine
With high disease risk and astronomical energy prices, seed potato growers should apply a fungicide to tubers now to avoid storing waste that will be thrown away next spring. That’s the advice of independent potato consultant Paul Overton, who...
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Haven't seen takeall for years but there clearly was some in some second wheat (5th cereal) this year. Field is due to go into wheat again - anything that can be done to reduce risk?
Strawberry losses from Fusarium wilt could become less of a threat after researchers at the University of California, Davis, discovered genes that are resistant to the deadly soil-borne disease.
The findings, published in the journal Theoretical and Applied Genetics, are the culmination of...
I like these articles - this one from the Telegraph.
Those who jumped on the bandwagon are about to be burnt - and sizzled and fried as well
Matthew Lynn 26 June 2022 • 12:00pm
It was healthier. It was better for the planet. And it freed up resources to be used elsewhere. Re-wind...
I’ve got some second wheat questions:
1. Are there any varieties that are best suited to being a second wheat?
2. Is Latitude needed when a second wheat is drilled as late as January?
3. what kind of seed rates should be used for second wheat drilled in Dec/Jan? I would normally be at around...
Looking at Skyfall this morning, despite being very clean thus far, some yellow rust is starting to come on leaf 2, T3 was just tebuconazole about ten days ago, I know its getting late but a T4 going on Monday as soon as it arrives.
Who is doing one and what are you using .
Forecast after Wednesday is looking dry and warmer, so wondering if there’s much to be gained, other than piece of mind .
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Having used a Dale drill successfully for 20 years of notillage leaving all straw chopped on the surface with a mix of autumn and spring sown cash crops . I have come to the conclusion that a notillage idealist approach is maybe not the answer and we have to be flexible to aerating the soil...
Donât drop guard against yellow rust and Septoria
Recent cold, dry weather may have reduced the immediate disease pressure in cereal crops, but growers cannot drop their guard against yellow rust and Septoria at the main spring fungicide timings, leading agronomy firm Hutchinsons warns...
NEW: Introducing RGT Saki feed wheat
One of the most exciting feed wheats to hit the Recommended List in recent years looks set to earn a place on conventional and organic farms across the country from next autumn onwards.
RGT Saki is the new outstanding group 4 soft wheat variety...
The time is now for low input, high quality German E wheats
German E winter wheats offering high gluten, high quality and strong disease resistance are gaining traction with UK growers. The UK imports more than 675,000 tonnes annually of strong wheat with high gluten quality for breadmaking...
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