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2015 PGRO Recommended Lists announced
The PGRO has announced the 2015 Recommended Lists for combining peas, winter beans and spring beans GENERAL COMMENTS “Recommended Lists…
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LSPB varieties top new 2015 PGRO Recommended List for spring beans
LSPB varieties Vertigo and Fanfare join Fury on the PGRO 2015 RL as fully-recommended spring beans. LSPB also have the…
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Pulse area likely to increase as growers meet new CAP greening requirements, says BEPA President
The area of spring pulses grown in 2015 is likely to increase as growers turn to beans and peas to…
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New Survey on Proposed Legislation on Endocrine Disruption Farmers & Growers express real concern
A new farmer survey demonstrates that farmers and growers have real concerns regarding the potential loss of azole fungicides. In…
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No second chance on LLS azole rates
With the latest Light Leaf Spot (LLS) forecast predicting high disease pressure for all regions Bayer’s Tim Nicholson is advising…
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Controlling poppies and grass-weeds across the arable rotation
Independent agronomist Peter Riley looks beyond this year’s arable crops and plans a longer term assault on difficult and obvious…
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Light leaf spot disease risk high: HGCA
The HGCA-supported light leaf spot (LLS) service forecasts a very high disease infection risk in all regions of the UK…
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HGCA: Wheat and oilseeds plans 2015 down; barley and pulses up
AHDB/HGCA’s Early Bird Survey of GB farmers’ planting intentions for 2015 suggests a reduction in the area of wheat, oats…
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2014 a different season for seed treatment
The 2014 seed treating season was one of the better ones for treatment plant operators. The early harvest helped get…
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Early yellow rust expected, but no need to panic
Growers should not be alarmed by active yellow rust in early sown wheat advises a leading cereal pathologist. The mild…