Hybrids are top yielders
Hybrid oilseed rape varieties Architect and Aquila sit at the top of Agrii’s UK national…
Monthly Archives: August, 2017
Defra and Scottish Government renew BSPB contract for organisation of National List trials
Renewed five-year contracts for the organisation of statutory trials as part of the National List…
Agronomists get behind metaldehyde stewardship initiative
The Metaldehyde Stewardship Group’s ‘Get Pelletwise! Agronomic Updates’ system is back for a third year…
Promising weed-control alternative to linuron
Early results from a four-year crop protection research project have identified metobromuron as having potential…
Jason Burgess to chair British Growers
Jason Burgess has been appointed chair of British Growers Association. Jason has extensive experience of…
PGRO Launches Brand New Website
Roger Vickers, chief executive of PGRO (Processors and Growers Research Organisation), announced today the launch of the…
Viruses and aphids that help crops? University scientists think it may be possible
Iowa State University scientists are imagining a future in which viruses and could be used…
Driving down the cost of production
Yield is usually king when it comes to driving down cereals costs of production. Huntingdon…
Hands free Hectare nears harvest
The Hands Free Hectare (HFHa) project at Harper Adams University, which aims to be the…
OSR growers asked to ‘change one thing’ to protect water
The Voluntary Initiative is urging oilseed rape growers to ‘change one thing’ this autumn to help avoid…