Exploring Future Opportunities For Automation In Horticulture
A research survey that will establish the current level of use of automation and robotics…
Browsing: Crops
Maris Piper still king but growers use new varieties to meet retail demand
British potato growers have planted an increased area of emerging varieties to serve the fresh…
On-farm trials lead to effective slug control
One young, award-winning agronomist has proven the efficacy of cultural controls in high-slug pressure situations,…
New world record for combined peas set in Lincs
No stranger to record yield attempts with cereal and oilseed crops, Tim Lamyman of Worlaby…
De Sangosse expands technical team
De Sangosse, a European leader in molluscicides, micro-nutrients and spray enhancers based near Cambridge, has…
Hybrid Aquila delivers excellent results
Harvest results from Openfield’s oilseed rape farm strip trials show the hybrid Aquila to have…
Winter barley 2017 Harvest Results – yield trend tracking the five-year average continues.
Harvest Results from AHDB Recommended Lists (RL) winter barley trials show yields in 2017 continuing…
Focus on grains per ear for better hybrid rye yields
Operators of anaerobic digestion (AD) systems could improve performance levels by moving to hybrid rye…
Beating the DRUMS for long-term black grass control
Farmer and Hutchinsons agronomist, Alex Wilcox, believes that adopting a simple but consistent formula to…
Hybrids are top yielders
Hybrid oilseed rape varieties Architect and Aquila sit at the top of Agrii’s UK national…