10 November 2017 Legvalue’ web site goes live Roger Vickers, chief executive of PGRO (Processors and Growers Research Organisation) announced today that the web site…
9 November 2017 Black-grass fight moves on to the next round Farmers fighting black-grass have managed to drill late and apply pre-emergence herbicides so the battle…
9 November 2017 Talks on glyphosate fail: Smith responds The European Commission has announced that talks on the renewal of the glyphosate licence, due…
9 November 2017 Gove signals govt switch on neonics (update) In an article in the Guardian this morning Michael Gove has indicated that the UK…
9 November 2017 Scientists develop groundnut resistant to aflatoxin Scientists at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, in St. Louis, MO and their collaborators at…
9 November 2017 Plaguing insects with bittersweet tastes to protect crops Herbivorous insects are estimated to be responsible for destroying one-fifth of the world’s total crop…
7 November 2017 Trial results show up to 25% saving on water with H2Flo With new regulations on water abstraction anticipated and related uncertainties around Brexit, fruit growers seeking…
7 November 2017 Strategic Farm for arable growers is being ‘made to measure up for the future’ The first AHDB Strategic Farm for arable growers is being ‘made to measure up for…
7 November 2017 Biotechnology Saving Potatoes from ‘Late Blight’ Dave Douches professor and director of Michigan State University’s Potato Breeding and Genetics Program grows…
6 November 2017 Aberystwyth research leads way in addressing protein feed requirements Aberystwyth University plant scientists are playing a leading role in new research into breeding forage…