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Having invested the time and money required to successfully nurture an oilseed rape crop through to flowering, taking an eye off the ball at this stage in the game isn’t an option. CPM investigates the work behind a new management tool to...
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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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Establishment of oilseed rape has been pushed earlier and earlier as growers seek to overcome adult cabbage stem flea beetle, but there’s more to it than just moving the date. CPM explores the implications of drilling early and what should...
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Two new winter oilseed rape hybrids have been added to the UK National List, with seed available this summer.
Pioneer, Corteva Agriscience’s seed brand, has added PT312 and PT315 to its range, both of which have been tested across a range of sites in...
Normally I nuke it with glypho.
But some old neighbours always use to leave it to ripen naturally.
This year, as ever, timing of the glypho looks tricky. Some is green, some is dead and will smash out under the sprayer belly.
It hadn’t ripened progressively up the plant. Sims have died off...
Let’s start a harvest 23 thread! So how far do we all think we are from starting? Winter barley rapidly ripening here early start is on the cards. First week of july maybe, rape just starting to lose its greenness also!
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Murray, the latest oilseed rape variety from LSPB, has shown promise in the East and West and could potentially draw the eye of those beyond these regions. CPM learns more about what this new variety has to offer.
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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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Engaging in oilseed rape trials is giving Shropshire farmer, Rob Morgan, risk-free insight into how upcoming varieties could work on his farm. CPM finds out more.
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Taking a leap of faith away from a tried and tested...
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Oilseed rape selection is no longer just about gross output and high oil content, loaded agronomic traits are now just as important. Cue, the first commercial variety from KWS’ new hybrid breeding programme, KWS Granos. CPM gets the scoop...
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Agronomy business ProCam has called for growers to maximise oil content to optimise bonuses paid on top of yield despite the falling of UK oilseed rape (OSR) from the previous £600/t.
ProCam agronomist Daniel Hatchett said, if an oil bonus pays...
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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...
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Innovation isn’t always about light bulb moments, sometimes it’s a case of joining the dots. CPM gets an insight onto how an oilseed rape plant breeder discovered genetics with resistance to verticillium.
“Breeding is the main weapon we...
Has anyone got experience cutting OSR without either a header extension or side knives?
First time growing it and only got 30 acres.
Would my header losses be so high it would justify buying a header extension or getting a contractor/neighbour to cut it ?
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Download PDF Leaf disease may have been the least of oilseed rape growers’ problems recently but remain a potential threat over the coming months. CPM looks at how technology is enabling disease detection during the visually undetectable latent phase to help...
How much is left to do out there. I'm down to 120 acres of wheat (which is ready) and 100 of sb which has just been sprayed off (may20th sown). The wheat would have been done but some breakdowns put us behind. was down to 21% yesterday but back up to 25+ on a hand sample today, ok forecast for...
Struggling to get a good wheat sample with the T X this year. Some of the smaller heads are hard to thresh.
The wheat hadn't really ripened, just died.
What's the best setting to alter if I'm getting both unthreshed grains and damaged grains in the tank? Open concave or close bottom sieves?
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