Hidden threat to health
Falling levels of essential nutrients in diets around the world demand urgent action, from soil-crop-human…
Browsing: Agronomy
NIAB chief Tina Barsby awarded OBE in New Year’s Honours List
Dr Tina Barsby, CEO of Cambridge-based crop science organisation NIAB, has been awarded an OBE…
New plant protection product approved for use in record time
UK herb growers will be able to protect their crops with a new weed control…
Wheat disease breakthrough to help feed the world
Wheat provides about 20% of humanity’s food; demand to skyrocket Rust pathogens devastating crops in…
Rust stemmed for wheat
The threat to global food security from the fungal pathogen that causes stem rust in…
Low resistance risk fungicide programmes must become the norm
Low resistance risk fungicide programmes must be adopted universally to prolong the efficacy of cereal…
Bayer launches transparency website
Bayer today launched its new transparency website (https://cropscience-transparency.bayer.com/), designed to enable access to scientific data…
Launch of new fungicide at BP 2017 ALLSTAR for in-furrow treatment of potatoes
BASF are launching the first SDHI fungicide for in-furrow treatment of Rhizoctonia solani in potatoes.…
2018 rodenticide compliance for 11 farm assurance schemes
Eleven assurance schemes with combined memberships of 95,000 farm businesses will be compliant with the…
Thirteen years to go
If agricultural production has not become sustainable by 2030, it will be “incredibly hard” to…