Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland
The Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board (AHDB) has just published the online edition of its Recommended Lists (RL) of cereal and oilseed rape varieties for 2024/2025.
They feature shorter lists for most major crops. Specifically included...
Written by janineadamson from CPM Magazine
For a second year running, Limagrain’s winter wheat LG Beowulf and winter barley LG Caravelle, are the highest yielding varieties to join the AHDB Recommended List.
LG Armada also takes lead position as the highest yielding oilseed rape variety on the...
Written by janineadamson from CPM Magazine
A new soft milling Group 3 winter wheat for the North and two new spring barley varieties with potential for malting have been added to the AHDB Recommended List 2024/25 from Senova.
Winter wheat Almara, which comes onto the RL with a recommendation...
Written by janineadamson from CPM Magazine
The Processors and Growers Research Organisation (PGRO) has added 11 new pea and bean varieties to its 2024 Descriptive List for pulses.
A total of six combining peas, two winter beans and three spring beans have completed the requisite number of...
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...
Written by janineadamson from CPM Magazine
Marrowfat variety Octavia is showing promise among pulse specialists, thanks to its high yields and standing ability.
Wherry & Sons and Robin Appel both predict that the variety will increase in market share and growing area during the next two years...
After years of running Lexions we changed to John deere a couple of years ago. Have been dissapointed with output and losses particularly in damp conditions . Issue is thrashing capacity and rotor losses not sieve losses ( we cut with fairly wide open sieves and take rubbish out of sample...
@Clive talks to Brian Magee from CNH about the new CR11 Combine from New Holland.
Press Release Information from New Holland
New Holland previews the CR11, the next-generation flagship combine
• The CR11 combine is a brand-new product that takes the legacy of the flagship CR line, which...
After about 10 tonne of spring wheat to feed to my chickens . It’s has to be spring wheat as that’s all the fussy things will eat. As close to Worcestershire as possible . Thanks
Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland
Teagasc is confirming that 2023 will be a good year for Irish fodder beet growers. This is assuming that they can get the harvest over the line.
While it is still early in the season for harvesting fodder beet, early indications are that this year’s...
Case IH revolutionized combine technology with the launch of the Axial-Flow, and now they are set to do it again with the completely reimagined new combine family, the AF Series: Case IH’s biggest combine ever produced. The new series will deliver on today's grower's need for capacity, speed...
I changed feed companies in the summer after receiving some sub-standard feed. I wouldn't have been to bothered had the company taken the complaint seriously but they didn't. After using the new supplier for a few months, I noticed milk disappearing. I'd gone from some cows giving over 60L to...
Written by Brian McDonnell from Agriland
The next major event to occur on most dairy farms after housing will be the drying-off of cows for the winter months.
Drying-off is one of the most significant events on dairy farms and signals the beginning of the next lactation.
Although still a few...
Written by Brian McDonnell from Agriland
Having good feed efficiency within winter milk systems is vital for a margin to be achieved on milk produced during the housed period.
Winter milk production usually involves more concentrates or imported feed onto the farm being fed to cows...
Favourable harvest reports and trial results as growers, agronomists and seed specialists sense a winner
With only a few weeks to go before the announcement of the new Recommended List (RL), new Group 3 Soft wheat Candidate variety Bamford continues to generate very high levels of interest...
Written by janineadamson from CPM Magazine
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...
Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland
The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) is set to launch a new strategic dairy farm at the end of the month.
Dillington Farms near Ilminster, Somerset, will become one of the board’s strategic dairy farms on Wednesday, October...
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