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The global pandemic may have made self-distancing the new normal, but it’s also prompted closer links between communities across the world. CPM gets an insight into the problems spring barley growers face from the UK to New Zealand in a recent Zoom briefing hosted by BASF. The answer to ramularia control doesn’t lie in direct control of the disease. By Lucy de la Pasture Large parts of the English countryside will be graced with a shimmering vibrant green this spring as spring barley temporarily replaces winter wheat in crop rotations. This blip in cropping is the norm in Scotland, Ireland and New Zealand, where spring barley is regarded as a massively important crop. With an increase in acreage across the UK expected to be in excess of 215,000ha (30%) by the team at BASF, 2020 is going to see the largest area of spring barley for thirty years. The AHDB Early Bird Survey suggests grower intentions may mean an even bigger swing, which could push the national spring barley crop over the one million ha mark. But undeniably some spring barley has gone into the ground out of necessity rather than choice this season. That’s not to say England…
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