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BlightCast added to Cropwise app

Syngenta has incorporated its BlightCast infection risk service into the company’s Cropwise Spray Assist App. Now potato growers and agronomists will be able to receive up…

Farmbench service to end in September

The AHDB has confirmed it is to close its Farmbench service. It says the service will remain available to users until 30 September 2026 to complete activity relating to the…

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Yorkshire farmer turns to biofertiliser to reduce conventional inputs

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Fixing atmospheric nitrogen is paying off for Yorkshire arable farmer Derek Cornforth, who has used biofertiliser Encera across his entire wheat and OSR area this season. He trialled the product last year at the suggestion of ProCam agronomist, Danny Hatchett. Although Derek was a little sceptical, he is open to trying new approaches to old problems. “I need to be sure it works before I’ll adopt anything new on a field scale basis,” he says. So, he established a small-scale tramline trial in a winter wheat field, applying two sachets across two tramlines (approximately eight hectares) in a field directly…