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Group 3 soft wheat variety, Bamford, continues to generate interest following a series of industry and on-farm trials.
The variety, from independent breeder Elsoms Seeds, is currently the highest yielding of this year’s Recommended List Soft Group 3...
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After a season that presented a combination of weather conditions that left growers unable to act, and then chasing their tails CPM takes a look at how wheat crops performed and what the main issues were.
By Melanie Jenkins
A rather...
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With drier springs becoming the norm, could growers see a better return on investment by drilling spring crops in the autumn? CPM finds out more…
By Charlotte Cunningham
As the years go on, defining a “normal” season is becoming more...
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A new broad spectrum fungicide is about to appear on the scene which should growers deal with a range of crop diseases that were prevalent in the last growing season due to the favourable weather conditions last Spring and Autumn.
For...
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New active substance, isoflucypram, has been given regulatory approval – the first fungicide to be approved by the Chemicals Regulation Division (CRD) post-Brexit.
The AI from Bayer was simultaneously approved alongside Vimoy – the first product to...
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Winter wheat varieties with a track record of delivering consistent performance over different growing seasons have again yielded well, despite the year’s challenging weather.
That’s the message from Syngenta’s Kathryn Hamlen, who says arable crops...
Writing up my spray records from just applying some pre-ems, I looked back to mid 2000's. The amount of chemicals we use now compared to then and how we got by with simple fungicides makes it look like the industry has gone down the pan. A lot of actives have gone and those left we have been...
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A new Group 4 soft wheat candidate variety is showing promise, thanks to its wide sowing window and solid disease profile.
Blackstone (Elsoms Seeds) is currently the highest yielding of this year’s Recommended List Group 4 soft wheat candidates and...
After this springs exercise with spring barley that was spun on (undressed hss seed ) . We were getting late last week of March so spun on the seed and a very light cultivate in with a wilrich cultivator and rolled in and it had a pre em . If we had waited any longer it would of been mid April...
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Biostimulants are currently being pushed to help facilitate a reduction in fertiliser inputs as well as to offset the impact of pest and disease pressure, but do they actually deliver? CPM learns how two products can unlock tangible...
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According to combine draper head makers and users, benefits include higher outputs, head-first feeding, more accurate ground contour-following and better performance in low and laid crops, plus longer harvest days. CPM finds out more...
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A Group 2 winter wheat has bucked recent trends of low specific weights for milling quality to perform beyond expected for one Northamptonshire grower.
Emma Bletsoe says she’s ‘delighted’ with her first crop of Mayflower and as a result, plans to...
Do you think just growing 1 variety of wheat is a risk. Do some variations do better some years with weather conditions than other. I have stuck to one per year for ease and only have 1 shed for wheat but I will have a 2nd she's for wheat next harvest.
Would you know milling as a 2nd wheat and...
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The days of selecting a wheat variety for its straight yield are over, and instead, the focus has moved to those that will provide consistent performance on farm, time and time again. CPM explores how variety choice can help mitigate risk...
Anyone growing Grouse this year ? how's it looking ? given our long term lack of insecticide use this BYDV (and OBM I think ?). resistant trait makes a lot of sense to mitigate against damage in future years ?
Is RAGT's Grouse the only variety with this trait or are there others ...
Anyone growing it? Or considering it for this year?
RGAT’s 2nd go at a BYDV variety, Wolverine didn’t really whet the appetite but what’s the thoughts on Grouse? I haven’t been able to see it in any trials yet
Under Irish growing conditions, controlling cereal diseases is a critical part of managing cereal crops. Here, Steven Kildea, Teagasc Plant Pathologist, outlines how we can combine the different components of control through integrated pest management to manage diseases.
With a mild and damp...
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