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Agronomist and Arable Farmer - February 1st
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KUHN Farm Machinery is offering a new 0% finance deal on its range of square balers with a scheme that will run until the end of April 2022. The 3-year 0% offer can be used against 50% of the list price of all KUHN square balers, SB models. This includes the KUHN SB 1290 iD baler which features the patented …
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Early bird tickets for the Cereals Event 2022 are now on sale, with 50% of every ticket price going to a choice of three farming charities. “We know that farmers are facing a challenging time, with soaring input costs, the transition away from Basic Payments and the uncertainty of global trade deals,” explains event organiser Alli McEntyre. “As an event, …
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The UK bean crop is set to hit a new high of 200,000 hectares this season, buoyed by a strong market, on-going issues with alternative break crops and big cost savings from legume crops that eliminate the need for expensive nitrogen. Speaking at the PGRO/Syngenta Pulse Webinar last week (27 Jan), James Maguire of KWS and President of Pulses UK …
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UK - Kenya collaboration has targeted one of the most economically important crop pests, potato cyst nematode (PCN), through the development of a new assessment tool. The tool aims to enable farmers in Kenya to successfully detect PCN in-field, supporting informed decision making for both cropping choices, and the use of control measures. Developed over the course of 21-months, it …
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NIAB has made two new agronomist appointments with Gary Rackham and Will Vaughan-France joining the crop research organisation. Effective immediately, Mr Rackham is providing agronomy advice and technical services to farmers across the eastern region, working closely with NIAB’s Head of Membership Technical Services Andrew Watson and agronomist Stephen Keach on-farm in Norfolk and Suffolk. Will is based in the …
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This Sunday (6 February) the Allerton Project demonstration farm in Loddington will be the focus of a special episode of Countryfile, with the location showcasing three decades of research that has informed policies and subsidies available to farmers across the country. The project’s new head of Training and Partnerships and Agronomist and Arable Farmer magazine columnist Joe Stanley will explain how research into nature …
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Careful variety selection, quality seed and establishing crops well, are three keys to maximising spring barley yields in short and increasingly unpredictable growing seasons, according to a two-time winner of a Yield Enhancement Network (YEN) Gold award. Aberdeenshire farmer, Peter Chapman, picked up a YEN Gold for the second time in 2021, after achieving the best percentage of potential spring …
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As Christmas comes closer, Agronomist & Arable Farmer brings you the gift of a brand-new episode of our monthly podcast, Arable Chat. In this month’s episode, John Swire, Agronomist & Arable Farmer editor, is joined by guests Jonathan Gill, Mechatronics & UAS Researcher at Hands Free Farm at Harper Adams to talk about the Hands-Free Tractor, Hands Free Farm and …
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