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UK pea and bean growers are invited to become ‘pulse pioneers’ and be paid to carry out on-farm trials which will contribute to ground-breaking research.
The Nitrogen Climate Smart (NCS) Project aims to facilitate the increase of pulse cropping from 5%...
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A fully-equipped Cumbrian dairy farm with a five-bedroom farmhouse has been brought to the market by GSC Grays for £4.9 million.
Low Abbey Farm, located in Eden Valley near Penrith, has Grade 3 arable land, permanent grassland and woodland...
Come on you farm engineers if you were to build one from scratch
what features would be an absolute must.
Would you choose discs or more of a knife like coulter?
How would you go about designing a drill which would cope with a mixture of cropping
from Cereal,rotational grass ,into cover crops...
My plan going forward is to use a 3yr cropping rotation of Winter wheat with companion, winter barley with companion, NUM3 or AHL1 as break crop.
Volunteer beans in the wheats have shown to have a good effect so I’ll stick with that but what should I use with the barley, do I need to consider...
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Following what’s been a miserable autumn season, the pressure is undoubtedly on to ensure spring crops successfully overcome potential weather extremes that come their way. CPM looks at some of the options on the table.
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Prioritising crop quality in the grain store can provide a multitude of benefits and doesn’t have to be an expensive investment. CPM speaks to a farm manager who’s installed a new system to reduce labour and put crop quality first.
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Managing crop nutrition is a nuanced subject at the best of times but add in net zero goals and it becomes a whole new ballgame. CPM explores how crop nutrition can go hand-in-hand with environmental goals.
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In a year where cereal crops will be hungry thanks to suboptimal conditions, plus continued nervousness around conventional input prices and supply, interest in alternative products continues to rise. CPM learns how biostimulants can help...
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Could improving nitrogen assimilation and carbon fixation be the key to helping autumn crops to bounce back from adversity? CPM investigates the potential of 2-oxoglutaramate technology.
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With much focus on spring...
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British Sugar has started a shake-up of how the sugar beet campaign is run through a new project – the Field-to-Factory Partnership. CPM learns how the company is seeking to make harvesting and delivery of the crop more efficient and...
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Given the highly variable field conditions across the country, devising an effective spring fungicide programme may feel like an insurmountable feat. Although it’s difficult to predict impending disease pressure with so many unknowns, CPM...
New data shows severity of brome concern for wheat growers
Hundreds of farmers, contractors and agronomists have indicated that brome is a growing threat in the battle against grassweeds in UK arable fields.
New data from a Corteva Agriscience survey shows that 80% of respondents have...
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Hundreds of farmers, contractors and agronomists have indicated that brome is a growing threat in the battle against grassweeds in UK arable fields.
New survey data suggests that 80% of respondents have populations on their farms with the vast...
I'm a little late to the party with SFI, so playing catch up! NUM3 legume fallow if drilled this March/April 2024 will have to stay in the ground until Auguest 2025 to meet its aims?
What has already been done?
Last year, a project to establish the level of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) in arable soils across a range of locations, soil types and management systems was carried out. The project, led by Dr Tom Thirkell of the Crop Science Centre, complemented work...
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With growers looking for alternatives to spring cropping including late drilling winter seed, regulation regarding dates should be front of mind.
The last official day of the winter drilling window was 31 January, with any crops planted beyond this...
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