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  1. Clive

    New information about what Environmental Land Management schemes will pay for

    Moderator notice OK we have done this now in the resource section to try separate he questions and answers from the general chat - we will update it as new questions and answers are added to this thread...
  2. TFF

    Improving cover crop viability for pest control

    As the biological product pipeline struggles to fill the gap created by the loss of nematicides, do growers have an alternative for nematode control? Cover crops could be the answer, but work remains to improve their viability and therefore boost appeal. In part two of this series, Dr Matthew...
  3. TFF

    Soil pest issues surface

    Soil pests are an increasing threat to potato production in the UK. Climatic change has notably raised issues with PCN and wireworm, while growers’ options for control have continued to decline. Nemathorin is recognised as offering by far the best available granular nematicide control of PCN...
  4. S

    Managing volatility, contemplation and crystal ball gazing

    Just having a bit of a review of operations here Potatoes is still our biggest enterprise, both from a time and money perspective, but risk and reward has got more and more out of kilter in recent years. Area for 2023 a bit under half what it was in 2017 for a number of reasons. I'm passionate...
  5. Enry

    Machinery Sale - Mr Price the man who cleared the river!

    https://www.rgandrbwilliams.co.uk/files/auction_details/Day%20House%20Catalogue.pdf Some very tidy kit - must be farming in a very big way - multiple drills and 3 SP sprayers!
  6. CPM RSS

    Memorable for the wrong reasons

    Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF There’s little doubt that 2022 has been a memorable season and particularly challenging for those growing potatoes. CPM takes a look at how this season is stacking up. By Lucy de la Pasture There’s an old adage that life can only be...
  7. TFF

    Harnessing Plant Power For Sustainable Weed And Pest Management

    How do we tackle weeds and pests without using agrochemicals? This question is at the heart of many of the networks field labs. Farmers want to find ways of reducing their inputs and there are agroecological solutions out waiting to be translated to commercial practice. At this year’s first...
  8. Northern Luke

    How to rid Volunteer potatoes

    I have a volunteer potato issue in a growing crop of oil seed rape/Canola. The field was drilled as soon as the previous crop of wheat was harvested, so no glyphosate pre seeding and now the volunteer potatoes have emerged. Asside from hand roughing, does anyone have any ideas on removal...
  9. TFF

    Current challenges for a potato farmer 2022-09-12

    Nick Sheppard, Farm Manager, Upton Suffolk Farms (credit Nick Sheppard) Rising input costs are among the challenges for a potato farm. Nick Sheppard, farm manager at Upton Suffolk Farms near Bury St Edmunds, led the first Agri-TechE farm walk of 2022 to show agri-tech in action and to discuss...
  10. TFF

    The winners of £11 million funding from the DEFRA Farming Innovation Programme

    This funding has been allocated to the Small Research and Development (R&D) Partnerships and Research Starter Pilot competitions. Small R&D Partnerships The Small R&D Partnerships competition, managed by UK Research and Innovation’s Transforming Food Production (TFP) challenge, ran from October...
  11. TFF

    ‘Super-spuds’ to the rescue as typical tubers feel the heat 2022-07-27

    Scientists are developing a ‘super-spud’ to better withstand harsher environmental conditions. © nednapa, Shutterstock From origins in the cool altitudes of the Andes, the potato is not well suited to the extreme temperatures or flooding brought on by climate change. Plant scientists are...
  12. stroller

    Getting dry

    Anyone else think it's getting a bit dry? No rain for weeks, ground cracking, and no rain forecast.
  13. CPM RSS

    Velum Prime gains authorisation for the suppression of free-living nematodes in potatoes

    Written by Charlotte Cunningham from CPM Magazine Velum Prime, the liquid nematicide containing fluopyram from Bayer Crop Science, can now be used for the suppression of plant parasitic nematodes in potatoes (ware, seed and salad crops). Velum Prime is already effective against both species of...
  14. ffukedfarmer

    Wireworms and Spring Barley

    I drilled some spring barley into half a field where the reseed failed last year at the weekend. Now digging around it’s obvious the reseed failed due to wireworm as they are present in every hole I’ve dug. With a decent seed bed and decent soil temperature will it grow away from the little...
  15. O

    Seed Potatoes going to Russia

    Cannot believe 600 tons of Scotch seed are set to be exported direct to Russia. Scottish government apparently have approved it… Total Value said to be £660k…. Firstly have the vendors got no conscience…secondly Scottish Gov could easily have found £600k to buy them and send for animal feed…...
  16. CPM RSS

    New approval for FLN

    Written by cpm from CPM Magazine Download PDF Feeding by free-living nematodes can have a big impact on sugar beet roots. The sudden withdrawal of Vydate last season left growers without anything to stop it. CPM looks at a new alternative granted approval after positive results in BBRO trials...
  17. News

    Bayer Crop Science - New broadcast spray method for Velum

    New broadcast spray method for Velum How to use the new broadcast spray method to apply Velum Prime before planting potatoes for effective PCN control. Using a boom sprayer or liquid applicator fitted to cultivation equipment. For more information on Velum Prime please visit...
  18. Corteva Updates

    Controlling tall weeds and potato volunteers in sugar beet

    Controlling tall weeds and potato volunteers in sugar beet Sugar beet has now been planted and is starting to grow away. This year the crop is showing a wide range of growth stages from 4 to 5 leaves to emerging plants at cotyledon stage. Sugar beet remains an important crop in the UK...
  19. CHAPs News

    Helping farmers fight PCN in Kenya

    Helping farmers fight PCN in Kenya UK – KENYA collaboration has targeted one of the most economically important crop pests, potato cyst nematode (PCN), through the development of a new assessment tool. The tool aims to enable farmers in Kenya to successfully detect PCN in-field, supporting...
  20. CHAPs News

    Featured Solution - Data Diagnostic Insights - The Rise of the Digital Farm

    Featured Solution - Data Diagnostic Insights - The Rise of the Digital Farm Five years ago, when people started talking about Digital Farming and Big Data, most were not sure what this was or how it related to field base crop production. Since then, writes Keith Norman, the speed of technical...
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