Written by janineadamson from CPM Magazine
AHDB has today (27 November) launched the online edition of the Recommended Lists for cereals and oilseeds 2024/25.
With fewer new varieties added than in recent years, the latest edition has shorter lists for most major crops. However, highlights...
https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/eu-commission-renew-glyphosate-authorisation-10-years-2023-11-16/
will the next government follow suit
Written by janineadamson from CPM Magazine
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...
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As our climate changes, farmers are branching out when it comes to decisions on what they should grow. Here, we look at some crops that might fare well as UK temperatures increase, and consider how these might fit into a more sustainable farming system.
On a farm in West...
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Effectively managing the canopy characteristics of sugar beet is the foundation of a healthy and profitable crop. In a world where the list of pest and disease threats keeps growing, CPM explores the importance of maximising the green leaf...
Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland
Hybrid barleys are well recognised for their high biomass potential. This is an evolving, good news story for Irish grain growers.
This has significant benefits in terms of grassweed suppression, but new data suggests that it also has a benefit...
Written by janineadamson from CPM Magazine
Reducing stress in maize to ensure cob quality and dry matter yield will be even more important for crops entering pollen development stage at flowering, say experts.
According to Syngenta’s Andy Cunningham, stress at this point in the crop’s...
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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...
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/19/meps-condemn-pesticide-companies-withholding-toxicity-data
Why can't these multinational companies be open and honest.
Let consumers have informed choices
@Jackov Altraids
I hope you don’t mind me quoting you here to start this thread but your reply above in the vertical farming thread struck me as absolutely spot on at describing what’s presently wrong with policy and what the government should be doing about it.
The right policy would for...
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From grassweed suppression to improved NUE to early entry for oilseed rape to flexible end use, hybrid barley has cemented its value to growers over the past two decades. CPM discovers how the crop offers both resilience and yield stability.
By Lucy de la Pasture
By its very...
Written by janineadamson from CPM Magazine
Infections of early blight (alternaria) are already being reported as a result of this year’s challenging potato season.
The disease is historically seen from mid to late July, but climatic weather patterns mean it’s hit early this year with instances...
When the average annual temperature is 35º C all year round, crop seeds can dry out and die in the baking soil before they germinate. Even established plants can struggle as their roots simmer in the unforgiving glare of the sun.
This is a daunting yet familiar reality for Lucival Portilho. He...
Looking around where we live the amount of unproductive land continues to increase.
Now I know we are very different in the south east as other factors come into play, especially cost and lack of labour.
There are hundreds of acres not being farmed now.
Very large areas of ungrazed grassland...
Hi All,
For those who use an agronomist to help with work load who’s got a rec for T3?
Its very dry and wheat of our sensible varieties here very clean (Siskin /Extase etc)
Is teb/prochloraz the general go to in this rusty weather?Will it be needed?
For those that prescribe for themselves...
Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland
Cereals 2023, a technical event focused on the UK arable industry, will open its doors to 60 urban schoolchildren for the first time this year.
The 14- and 15-year-olds are coming from schools in Nottingham, Loughborough, Derby and Leicester with...
Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland
Potentially ‘ground-breaking’ seed treatments, which convert atmospheric nitrogen for plant use, will be available in Ireland according to a Swiss agriculture company.
Syngenta Biologicals confirmed that it has agreed a collaboration with UK-based...
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