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Milling wheat variety, Crusoe, has claimed the top three positions in the Yield Enhancement Network (YEN) Milling Wheat Quality awards.
Limagrain says it’s welcome recognition for their Group 1 variety, because in the 12 years since joining the AHDB...
Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland
The Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board (AHDB) is currently listing six new malting barley varieties.
All are under evaluation by the organisation’s Malting Barley Committee (MBC) – three for brewing only, two for brewing and malt...
Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland
The Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board (AHDB) has added two new winter barley varieties to its recommended lists (RL) for 2024/2025.
These include LG Capitol and SY Buzzard. Capitol is a two-row feed variety from Limagrain, while Buzzard...
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Achieving the highest yielding variety of the year is a bit like topping the music charts of the plant breeding world, but what does it take to do this across four different crops? CPM takes a closer look at this year’s headline varieties...
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It’s that time of year again – Christmas is fast approaching and therefore AHDB releases the latest iteration of its Recommended List for cereals and oilseeds. CPM reviews the changes including a BYDV-tolerant six-row hybrid winter barley...
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For a second year running, Limagrain’s winter wheat LG Beowulf and winter barley LG Caravelle, are the highest yielding varieties to join the AHDB Recommended List.
LG Armada also takes lead position as the highest yielding oilseed rape variety on the...
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The Processors and Growers Research Organisation (PGRO) has added 11 new pea and bean varieties to its 2024 Descriptive List for pulses.
A total of six combining peas, two winter beans and three spring beans have completed the requisite number of...
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AHDB has today (27 November) launched the online edition of the Recommended Lists for cereals and oilseeds 2024/25.
With fewer new varieties added than in recent years, the latest edition has shorter lists for most major crops. However, highlights...
Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland
Three new forage maize varieties from Limagrain have been added to the 2023/24 BSPB/NIAB Descriptive List.
These include two “very early maturing varieties” sitting atop the new list of first choice varieties for favourable sites, and the third...
Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland
It’s that time of year when cereal growers will start to consider what new seed varieties are available for the season ahead.
In some parts of the country, the start of the winter barley harvest is just four weeks away. And as soon as this is...
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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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A new winter feed barley has sailed onto the scene, with a strong tail wind docking it securely at the top of the two-rows for yield and rounded performance. CPM explores what’s making Limagrain’s latest variety LG Caravelle turn heads...
Advanced breeding to overcome pests, precision agriculture to fine control inputs and robotics to lower the cost of specialist equipment – all are enablers for introducing a wider range of crop species into the arable rotation.
Agri-TechE facilitated a discussion of promising niche crops...
We've had most of 5.5 ha of spring wheat eaten by leatherjackets, after 4/5 yr grass and clover leys and are going to plant a summer forage crop before re-establishing GS4-type herbal leys again. We realise this is risky if we can't reduce the leatherjacket population.
The spring wheat was...
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Arable farmers favour local trials over national demonstrations when making variety choice decisions, a survey suggests.
The online questionnaire, instigated by plant breeder Limagrain UK, indicates 86% of participants believe information from...
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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...
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Oilseed rape disease resistance focus has often been at leaf level, but as planted area is again on the increase, stem infections are progressively being recognised as damaging to crop health and gross output. CPM learns about a new stem...
While in New Zealand recently I came across a number of different crops for feeding livestock that are not available here.
One especially useful was "Pallaton Raphno", or just known as Raphno, this is a Kale / Radish hybrid which is very fast growing and re-grazeable up to 4 or 5 times in a...
Anyone tried Spring oats drilled now (early Feb) as a harvestable and ensilable catch crop - late April - before maize?
Apparently it's relatively common in America but different strokes out there
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