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Ahead of a seventh season of Real Results, CPM looks back at how the circle of growers was formed and how the on-farm trials have provided insights to fungicide use, aiding decision-making in real-life scenarios.
By Mike Abram
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A leaf sampling service is supporting Herefordshire farmer, Mark Wood, to live by his mantra of only treating a crop with what it needs. CPM unpicks the challenges this is helping to tackle.
By Janine Adamson
Sitting in the farm office...
So yara at farm now free downloaded it put my field maps on interesting using satellites to monitor crop performance and nitrogen application how accurate is this program before I load my fert spinner just looking for farmers reviews thanks
As farmers plan their growing seasons, they must juggle countless considerations: historical yields, crop rotations, soil fertility, input costs, market prices, labor needs– and the list goes on, seemingly endlessly.
The concept of “permaculture design” might be far from the mind of the busy...
Jamie Newbold, Linda Hanna, Phil McLachlan, Susannah Bolton, Nick Owens and Charles Godfray pictured at the dinner
The second of the Alliance for the Natural Economy Forum dinners, convened by SRUC, was held on 28 March at the wonderful venue of the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh...
Precision agriculture helps farmers make more accurate decisions. This can be of great value in reducing the use of plant protection agents, fertilisers, and water for irrigation. Researchers from Wageningen University & Research (WUR) and Aarhus University have written a handbook on the...
The Netherlands is committed to developing a sustainable and highly productive food system, with less use of fertilisers, water and pesticides, and more biodiversity and crop diversity. To help achieve this goal, WUR is conducting research into ecological arable farming systems based on strip...
Written by Justin Roberts from Agriland
At the recent open day held by TFM in Templetuohy, Lemken had brought along a Solitair DT combination drill which took centre stage in its display area.
This drill sets out to be something of a swiss army knife, capable of dealing with all sorts of...
Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland
The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) exceeded its target of reducing operational costs by £7.8 million by the end of the 2022/2023 financial year.
The levy board said part of its commitment to reducing bureaucracy and...
Observed SST measurements show 0.3 C of warming since they started in 1979
Some climate models were predicting 1.5 C
Therefore some models were predicting 5 times more warming than actually happened.
Written by Matt Hopkins from Precision Ag
Acquisition brings core satellite navigation technology in-house to strengthen CNH Industrial's precision solutions.
The post CNH Industrial to Acquire Hemisphere GNSS appeared first on Global Ag Tech Initiative.
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Landini has been busy filling in a gap at the upper end of its mid-range tractors with the introduction of two new Landpower tractors into the European market.
These new tractors are known as the Landpower 160 and 180 and they come with a six-cylinder...
Hi all
Had a quick browse on here but not much on my question.
So wind power instead of the solar?
I know nothing at all about it all, so where to start…
Seems allot cheaper to buy than solar panels.
Our roofs on some barns maybe not ideal for panels so the turbine along with look imo seems...
Smallholder farmers produce approximately a third of the world’s food, using just a fraction of the land and often minimal resources. What are the keys to supporting them?
From hybrid seeds and specialized software to mobile apps and satellite imagery, modern farmers have a range of cutting-edge...
Technology has redefined farming over the years and technological advances have affected the agriculture industry in more ways than one. Agriculture is the mainstay occupation in many countries worldwide and with rising population, which as per UN projections will increase from 7.5 billion to...
Had a call from BT this afternoon stating that in 2025 all copper lines are going to be replaced by Voice over Internet protocol VOIP.
Nearest fibre? 12k or £120k away.
Sound great, but if like many the availability of this technology is unreliable, unavailable or just too technical then what...
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On highly fertile soils, a Yorkshire farmer is firmly committed to producing high yields ahead of chasing stewardship funds. CPM finds out how he’s achieving a balance between pushing productivity and environmental considerations.
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Elon Musk has planned probably for at least a decade to create a City on Mars.
You might think this is fantasy. However the start of this journey was decades ago. Elon Musk has the financial muscle and technology to do exactly what he has planned.
The next step is putting over 1,000,000 tonnes...
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