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Agronomist and Arable Farmer - March 1st
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In a glittering ceremony at London’s Bankside Hilton on Thursday night Sally Cox of Farmacy was crowned Young Agronomist of the Year. The National Arable & Grassland Awards were run by Agronomist & Arable Farmer and Farm Contractor and Large Scale Farmer magazines to showcase the best in British agriculture. Thus far in her career as an agronomist Sally has …
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Frontier’s David Waite, Seed Business development manager for Scotland, advises growers in the North to consider widening their varietal choice of spring malting barley this year to include Firefoxx, an early maturing spring malting barley from breeder Elsoms-Ackermann Barley. Mr Waite, who has followed the variety’s progress within National List trials since spring 2020, believes Firefoxx cannot only resolve the …
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Visitors to Cereals can enjoy all their favourite attractions plus some exciting new ones at this year’s event. New features for 2022 include Crop to Kitchen which will showcase arable farmers selling direct to consumers, a curated version of the winter wheat and barley RL and a demo area for machinery and kit that qualifies for the Improving Farm Productivity …
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With autumn herbicide programmes working well in most oilseed rape crops, growers now have a short window to control any spring-emerging weeds. With a warmer than average winter, spray programmes were generally well timed and will have kept weeds such as cleavers, cranesbill and fumitory at bay. But even if pressure appears to be low, a spring flush is likely …
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James Rimmer of VCS (UK) was crowned Agronomist of the Year at the prestigious National Arable and Grassland Awards in London last week. Mr Rimmer started life in farm management in 2007 and started to do his own agronomy he then found himself doing more and more for local farmers which led to a new career path. In 2016 he …
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One of the UK’s leading independent seed merchants and online seed retailers, Boston Seeds, has announced the appointment of a new Managing Director. George Wallis will take up his new role in March, based at Boston Seeds’ new office and distribution centre in Kirton, Lincolnshire. After graduating from the University of Nottingham in 2008, George spent five years in FMCG …
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Topcon Agriculture has released an update to its Horizon precision farming and crop production software which, as well as a new feature which enables automatic section and variable rate control on multiple implements simultaneously, also makes it quick and simple to lay out and drill trials plots. In addition to various enhancements to the Topcon user interface such as improved …
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