21 April 2017 Fungicide resistance to three main groups found in Ramularia in Germany A recent finding suggesting that the barley disease Ramularia is potentially resistant to three of…
21 April 2017 £1.7million investment for Bristol cereal genomics group The University of Bristol has been awarded £1.7 million by the UK Biotechnology and Biological…
21 April 2017 Using real-time satellite data to track water productivity in agriculture Measuring how efficiently water is used in agriculture, particularly in water-scarce countries, is going high-tech…
21 April 2017 US food and conservation groups invest in soil to sustain food production A national effort to enhance farm sustainability through soil health in the United States has…
20 April 2017 Maize variety choices for 2017 Hutchinsons has seen a continued increase in the amount of maize now being grown within…
20 April 2017 Sorghum breeding time set to halve thanks to new research In a major step forward for Australian farmers, new research from the US will result…
20 April 2017 Emergency authorisation for woolly aphid control CRD has issued an emergency 120-day authorisation for the use of Bayer insecticide Movento Top…
20 April 2017 Sclerotinia alert in oilseed rape Varied establishment of oilseed rape (OSR) crops last Autumn, is likely to have resulted in…
19 April 2017 Leading Irish R&D company commits to UK agriculture despite Brexit uncertainty Despite uncertainty in how UK agriculture will fare in the lead up to and post-Brexit,…
19 April 2017 SCEPTREplus announces crop trial priorities Crop trial priorities for the first year of AHDB’s £1.4 million SCEPTREplus project have been…