I am a trainee agronomist who is currently reading Lockhart and Wiseman’s Crop Husbandry Including Grassland.
One part reads, “In sugar beet, monogerm pelleted seed is now the norm and has enabled the crop to be precision drilled, removing the need to hand single.”.
What does the term “hand...
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ADAS are working with the NFU and SRUC to guide the development of a new Sustainable Farming Incentive Standard for Integrated Pest Management (IPM). This Defra-funded project will help farmers, growers and advisers to combine cultural, biological, physical and chemical tools to...
Sugar beet breeders continue to lead the way in rapidly developing new and improved varieties. Ongoing investment in research and development is bringing new varieties to improve pest and disease resistance whilst also increasing yields. Plant breeders have also demonstrated these varieties can...
Chemistry and technique can counter active loss
‘Broadacre’ weed control methods, which are increasingly replacing FAR approaches, mean sugar beet weeds can be kept in check through the early part of the season despite the loss of desmedipham. As well as effective weed control, the strategy can...
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How many of you (farmers) would actually change uniformed spray applications for patch spraying in the event of being able to detect symptoms of a disease way before it is clearly visible to the naked eye?
Are there any potatoes, sugar beet vegetables growers in the forum with...
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