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<blockquote data-quote="Feldspar" data-source="post: 3237062" data-attributes="member: 386"><p>I think it's well worth it and I use it a lot. They even do a whole open day just for my favourite plant... black-grass!</p><p></p><p>Seriously though, I think if you want to farm in an evidence-based manner, you need access to the NIAB TAG data because it's definitely the most comprehensive and most up-to-date resource out there. To get the best out of it though does mean being pro-active. Go to the members' field days, go to the conferences and use the resources properly rather than just reading the agronomy update and nothing else.</p><p></p><p>I signed up originally for a free trial period which I thought was a very useful way of seeing what was really on offer. I would recommend doing this if possible.</p><p></p><p>I do occasionally wonder whether the money that goes into the organisation from agrochemical companies causes any conflicts of interest / drives any subconscious biases. On the black-grass open days you often have reps from the various firms in the crowd who obviously are pushing a partisan point of view. I wonder in those instances whether the NIAB TAG staff will self-censor what they say knowing that the people that pay their wages in part are listening in. I don't think this definitely does happen, but the potential is there for slight deviances from total independence. I bet, however, were it not for the manufacturers input and partial funding of some trials, that the membership fee could well be a lot higher.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Feldspar, post: 3237062, member: 386"] I think it's well worth it and I use it a lot. They even do a whole open day just for my favourite plant... black-grass! Seriously though, I think if you want to farm in an evidence-based manner, you need access to the NIAB TAG data because it's definitely the most comprehensive and most up-to-date resource out there. To get the best out of it though does mean being pro-active. Go to the members' field days, go to the conferences and use the resources properly rather than just reading the agronomy update and nothing else. I signed up originally for a free trial period which I thought was a very useful way of seeing what was really on offer. I would recommend doing this if possible. I do occasionally wonder whether the money that goes into the organisation from agrochemical companies causes any conflicts of interest / drives any subconscious biases. On the black-grass open days you often have reps from the various firms in the crowd who obviously are pushing a partisan point of view. I wonder in those instances whether the NIAB TAG staff will self-censor what they say knowing that the people that pay their wages in part are listening in. I don't think this definitely does happen, but the potential is there for slight deviances from total independence. I bet, however, were it not for the manufacturers input and partial funding of some trials, that the membership fee could well be a lot higher. [/QUOTE]
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